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~. CB. 1 1 nAPEAL OF THE UNION. ►eases, He/ ow living !, g a clawM„ COMA StW must be r the debt anent of )f the is'uit4 .uld not POI itated that 5 six yeast• IS DAY') Inglis, Dud. L the Oront, strong breezi from OPort°,:, r, for Nobi7 !sa e' Was se e icksvern. ! was tots ll /1 red. ved at Sierrsl has arrivedli May-fa ir,' Batt ynn, , mbighshir e, _street, /ro c ! Continent, _street, from land ; ertson, 0 41 'rom .street, Jr. and ge e ' om the Co n. t in • CaP too iwOod, .park 'foto, See, Esq• I t a t M a rshal l pton Court; •tland-pla ce ' Spencer' wart, FA' in Surrey' righton; dges, Ba rt ' s, from the Mrs. Rose , m ditto, f or argh ; phens, FAO y, from the Cownshend, R. Paine' ' ex hibited costume °, The cool' wee, which d'ceil IVO Among st Prd Stuart Lord Coo' Grin:Wont a., M. 17 " p ., Mr* BeaUder kt 'emu kable toe, wher e lreatens le. Lady tmarkahli Kn t than se' dng at the ':'hit if be f headlong ther sof . blame fst ion of Sh e , icters • of Kenj i ' he house°., e. Badge'' Badges Badge' WaverleP the Tali,' of the Ifr myrtle in' mpbelL ntin Du e ; archers 01 dish, Wa g , Ivet robe , idy Saud' on. 11 . ¢t estly the young is herald* on. Thad T o 7 , LETTER IV. Sztt..... i lIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Lul ea to _`' this paragraph concluding my last communi- With t i lt b i"; I stated that the principal topics connected Di t h e t 7Peal of the Union, were yet to he discussed. Ni gh) , "e first to be considered are the advantages— ItepealillT4l, agricultural, and commercial, which the Moe. ii B .°Pe to derive from the carrying of that mea- Prosp er . 2 in these essentials to the increase of Irish Pat'iY, tran 'll' Pue to s h„_ ~ qui ity, worth, and happiness, I ,hall be flat tber:wThat there will be a miserable defic:ency— llality a ;rill be a lessening and a deteriorating of the Ne all t c h quantity to be had at present, I shall have !If, and 0 :4 from the commencement, I proposed to my- Ine s a PortioaP' h .1? the sttain have done more than was wanted to con 'Settled f ur nof your readers that Repeal, though not by a great body of the people, is not necessary heir 1,,,„ . 'neat of all that can promote or will insure T he illnes s . apeal soflYt,reeligious advantage which the advocates of a :'orb i n tub Union promise the country, is a radical ' England are Estahlished Church ; and that the people toes s i, ) , c re re•olved they shall have, without the 1 e ea,, den d espoiling the empire. No one denies—no 'lssenti e Y---the right of the Roman Catholic and Zi atteip e g ted h °d f ies, being at ONCE and for . EVER ling coo poll__,rom the intolerant persecution of i ng, a b ''"' to maintain a hierarchy, enter eve to , dis seminating doctrines which they be lam." contrary to the Word of God. No one can fitheF ir right • L. ch passively to resist the claims of the Este- Li isa p it n_rch, or passively to nullify any special enact te , "(> made by the Legislature to enforce such 1 the. I know the Conservatives would say a great deal ep.,;gible, refract ory , and rebellious spirit which L iseld 40 . we r esistanc e would evince in the people ; hut I %%9, to th en ~,_ prove that resistance and g uilt are sy. From ti . in ibis case. Ilk in"°sources only can power be derived—God or ! /° l God, !ither case it is conditionally delegated. If . e t al , i t ceases if the holder attempt to enforce, sane it of t hi';.,° l 'e of any thing contrary to the letter and k" lttl ett F "ivine law, as revealed in the Scriptures,—the t el v e tve ti ° C, w hich to men, consists in doing unto others les e " they should do unto us. Now, the Scrip ethe tit,liwhere forbid us to do that which we believe ce, b everywhere prohibit the sacrifice of con !knee braehomsoever demanded ; furnishing us, at the An, With an appropriate answer in the words t he s te r i rst icap " We must obey God rather than men." j 4 res the Established Church is not borne out NI 4 1 ,4 e e of her d eman d b y t h e aut h or i ty o f t h e Scr i p- Wotj: su ch a demand is a t v a ri a n ce with th e writ °El, the pow er by w hi c h it i s a tt emp t e d to nee of ; c ot be of G o d, an d t h ere f ore t h e pass i ve re " Wary, It is no transgression of Divine law. On the I lZith u s i cheerful and ready compliance with such de b Iti ti d he sinful, inasmuch as it would be providing b oti l the means of doing what we believed to be Os ter t his require an illustration ? If so, suppose I ;: s fita lt 4n ,Prit had the appointment of the bakers th eie tne kingdom, and that in your judgment the 4 4 , 4 Were invariably mad. Suppose, too, that " I ! th, - district in which he resided, a certain sum to cos,:'ciency of a particular kind of bread for ge- Olt at ki n d Suppose, further, your conviction to ,t4 at bind of bread was poisoned, or contained e f ij ~s ac s destructive of human life, and that the ;N il . ; "id be injurious to the health of your fel r_ irai,: i s ' Suppose, in additien, that when the ut th "" on yo u for the sum of money which the st c, w ill of th e S overe i gn o bli ge d you to con eet yoja°4 stated a ll thi s , an d th at t h e on l y I , ‘ li s Pes, o r eceived w as , th at t h e b rea d wou ld b e f orce d L t htt, s 4, but exposed in the shop-window for sale ; rc t la , liul t i to y eti ,. hesitating to pay the sum d eman d e d, 14 la te n al--in the first place because a disobedience i m h, isj„ ttu cler Which it was exacted, and again it was C i i sal o ; 4 ° tt‘u,rpose, inasmuch . as your property . would 1 46 ", tro s " t l i o ; so that, with the exception of addi t,r-iti t h 4 ‘).e, and anxiety to you, the whole would ? *b at e Itn sarne positi on . T o t hi s reason i ng o f t h e )' k 1, 0 , 11 sorer would you give, or h ow wou ld you 'to a d Ole f or quiet acquiescence in what you considered a I- 4 th e ttl i. ardering your neighbours ? Would you not i lt 4, s h aker's suggestion of Royal authority, by ap 'll." h ' g e mandate in the Decalogue, " Thou shalt i lt d Ne e ' d ,° ,1 5 which no temporal audio' it y could set ku s illy : l ivered to you and every person on earth in ,,,-"lts f .' „ler the observance or breach of which you r t i t if ;:",!'d upon to answer in an individual capacity ? k )1 1 1 4' !could be your reasoning in the case of the l i e N s° nabse the example, and you will see the parity i f il ltt 4 ,: tn g) and the uniformity of the conclusion in ". l titk Po Qiit e „L' ve c be d e riv e d from, or d e l ega t e d by, th e re - 'es, and nothing but the unrighteous as-ump- Olit t • Ins ins the moment a majority of them publicly st e IselY declare it oppressive. Whether they be k w Nt to iti ' th e tn regain the power of which they have ti „ t llos ti se lves to clothe others for their own benefit 1,,,,"a e ,h i 1e equity or v.,lidity of their decree; though 6, - ' e lea s Jig such inability will nullify it. Now it Cetty, '''!t the majority of the Irish people have, in l'"iletzkervacal2trted bylaw, declared tithes to be iniquitous, hrlq ed; Pri essive, and, therefore, they are virtually o l trs,, , "11 that remains to consign them formally 1 41 Pel of .' s ' e . _irtg the reading of the funeral service in do sil l _ t• Stephen's. iet,i4`...wsre that this mode of treating . the tithe 1 e ltr e „,'Y opinion perfectly fair, will be objected to vi, ,on tap ground that reasoning from analogy t en(l tl;,, l lett plied to revealed troths ; and as they ion re - 1. ,tithe is a part, parcel, or portion of the Zshall waive any advantage my present 9si e "2 Me ? and proceed, in a fe,v sentences, to take of it of which they approve,—a Scriptural ol etie ini ce been written and read, and reviewed, liqohe ,leit ted upon, by th e l ea rn e d and the unlearned °kit:t r n ature, purpose, and a ppl ica t ion o f t i t h es , be received by the Jewish Priesthood, under eta dis pensation of Divine Law. Hebrew usages, b e~ °lB , venerable names, and ancient authorities by 4 vp !looted, cited, explained, and rendered fa ct theirt' beadsn every side, who, whenever they took etl, f elt that tithes ought, or ought not to be o t po rt it incumbent on them to dedicate the first A t li ° roe to the structure of Oriental languages. In iti ." ce imitate them. In t h e presence of plain lee t. v- Proof s uc h a ff ecte d pedantry is worse than arthi It is t h e empty jugglery with which vain 6eto4veclll) d lights to mystify tr u th, t o attract the stup i d tieing ignorance. of being the perfectio n of the old—the sub.- o up w4 ich the other was the shadow—th e rule by 11 0 , c onduct is t o b e regu l ate d —the standard by io rt ‘ actions are to be judged the criterion by which is to h e ascerta ned—whatever law it abrogated, tt ed 4 td, o r what e v e r or di nance i t annu ll ed, or an !' Oust in the observance have ceased to please om the f flowing passage from Sr. P au l' s k , '" the Hebrews expressly declares the law of a ol.l Oder w hi c h t i t h es were tiken of the people, to 0 ,4 E0s thereby susp erse di ng t h e necess i ty of all ! t h4t lsse rtations on th e su bj ect :—" And indeed, , 1 10v Ore of the sins of Levi, who receive the priest qte. 4 c ommandment to take tithes according to lcti4, lo 4 Qf is, o f t h e i r brethren ; though they them -4-o0 Noe out o f t h e l o i ns of Abraham. If then o p/ e w r e e r e by th e L ev i t i cal priesthood, for under it i ho ti l..etved the law, what further need was ther Ilelehr Priesthood shodd rise according to the ordere t 7 ol 9 ted t e,es and not be called according to the order , e l9 . _ t '';:ir the priesthood being changed, it is nc- IqN a change be made also of the law." l• 7 , V. 5, 11, and 12. This, I think, is . 1 04 0 ) : - ; i t he head of any divine right to tithes at.,;° 1 1 0 „ 1 ! law of biases. What a loss of time, and instant, mss, th'e.va`i'ces, theologians might have , pared their . tke wate r ksth e 'Nile quotation, in the beginning of their % et tib k 41"le explicit self-interpreted passage! iantstatv- rep:ation may possess an interest with some ?ex; w ee :4 h y I would briefly remark, that the Jews ti twr 4 14, I w o laws — t h e mora l and the ceremonial. l a0ar : 1 1 0t y a WN in this consisted the distinction „ u t. 5 100 of ro a n 44 engravers by the finger of God on in is th:;40: oett'aie_oanimanding and forbidding the per ! COn Y e' jeoro yo Ise and e e f ts which, from their very nature, , ag e,ityple:_e th e Deily, could neitlaer a c ‘ e v ase wa ti s i lace of CHI:, ' P leas " him and therefore su .11 g th e PT te "` 'We whereas, the ceremonial law, n opipi,ro 0 ter Perk e t of obedience commanding and forbid n. g 44 1 1 44a nee of actions h d einselv d es (; n o n r per se, esidenc" PleZ "ill, its continuance aghter• the rn o nt t t h `ci;:" of the law gi u v a e t r -I . ce T e ri e e n D e ecalogne l the vo -7term3ll contained the whole of the moral law ; now 0 veil o'fieh w4ll‘,llo:bservances being part of the cere • a friaT, 'leen t h_ t he tern!,e ever abolished with the rending of him ; a t s o : theruilc!' a nd the departing of the glory from d 'e cereZdY to Hence the change of the Sabbath ha g tvorshi n j av : ° ,n_ day, this commandment parta kin ~couog "_ . l p rai ,z.m . o d t , in the appointment of a certain day e cing' a ir th u n ce . essity of devoting some time to offic i° t found in the moral law. To tableaux ratified 0 here being of tea and ited.) 0 CIL y deserir Lmuniaate . the CitY; Account , ! extrem e ibout One it is el past' 1s excep t ced sortie m Oporto► ion. 71VE art of the orovemen t party via! as pro ved ceded t° and are t° regard te that th e ie Dutch this, however, should it be objected that St. Paul made no distinction in declaring the law to be changed; the an swer is, that the injunction to observe' the moral law was renewed by the Redeemer—" If thou wilt enter into life keep the commandments." Under the old law religion was hardly discernible amidst the crowd of forms by which she was surrounded— all was gorgeous glitter, and pious pomp. In the new she stood alone arrayed only in her own pre-eminent purity the naked loveliness of which spoke not to the senses but the soul. Her high priests, Aaron and Christ, in whose persons she was represented, formed, in this respect, a striking contrast to each other. The former was decorated with all that makes man great in this world ; the later was adorned with those mental perfections, to the possessors of which the Deity has promised blessings in the nex►. Aaron, as head of the Jewish clergy, was, in his costly habiliments, emblematic of a priesthood des tined to be great in the estimation of into. Christ, in his humble birth, his obscure life, his privations and poverty, even to a want of the necessaries of human support, was an excellent model of a ministry, who, whilst they con tinued his disciples, were not to be of this world—who were called upon to despise its honours end its wealth— i and who, following the example of their founder, were not to have on earth where to lay their head. Nor were they confined to his example,—they had his precepts to the same effect Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass, in your purses; neither scrip for your journey; neither two coats."—Matthew, chap. 10. " And he said unto them, take nothing for your journey; neither bread; neiti - er money ; neither have two coats a-piece."—St. Luke, chap. 9. " Therefore, take no thought, saying, what shail we eat ? or what shall we drink ? or wherewithal shall we he clothed ? for after all these things do the Gentiles seek."—St. Matthew, chap. 6. The writings of the Evangelists contain many other passages of the same kind, addressed by Christ to his followers, on various occasions. His every precept seems intended to remove their affections from earthly things. To the treasury of Heaven alone does he invite them to look for rewards, assuring them, that as his servants, they were to expect to be hated, reviled, despised, and calumniated on earth. How the Apostles understood these instructions of the Son of God is evident from the following passages from their letters to the various Churches Giving no offence to any man, that our ministry be not blamed ; but in all things let us show ourselves as the ministers of God in much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in prisons, in labours, in watching, in fasting, in chastity, in knowledge, in long-stiff ring, in sweetness in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned."—" By honour and dishonour ; by evil report and good report ; as de ceivers and yet true ; as unknown and yet known : As As dying and behold we live as chastised and not killed : As sorrowful and yet always rejoicing ; as needy and yet enriching many ; as having nothing, and yet pos sessing all things."-2 Cor., chap. 6. Receive us; we have injured no man, we have corrupted no man, we have over-reached no man."-2 Cor., chap. 7. " And labour, working with our own hands ; being reviled we bless ; be ing persecuted we suffer it."-1 Cor., chap. 4. "I have not coveted any man's silver, nor gold, nor apparel, as ye your selves know ; for such things as were needful for me and for those that were with me, these hands have provided. I have showed you all things, that so LABOURING you ought to support the weak, and to remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is a more blessed thing to give than to receive."—Acts, chap. 20. " F ee d t h e flock - . of God which is among you, not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; neither as being l►rds over Goes heritage, but as being examples to Vie flock."-1 Peter, chap. 5. In this sense all the Apostles understood the words of the Redeemer. They never thought in their sermons, preached in the various cities through which they passed, or in their pastoral letters to the different Churches, of inculcating the payment of the tenth of a man's income to themselves as a part of the Christian religion. They never dreamt of wearing wigs; of using powders and pomatums to change the colour of their hair and the texture of their skin ; of driving in coaches ; of being followed by a crowd of cringe ing lacqueys ; of residing in palaces; of giving balls ; of visiting routs; of indulging in revels; or of attending levees and fluttering about Kings' courts. The Apostles were poor fishermen, not the sons of Peers ; they were unlettered, not read, nor even initiated, in the quirks of those theological puzzles which enable men to profit by mis takes in Divine legislation, and entitle the adepts in such mysteries to the name of Doctors of Divinity ! The Apostles were not sufficiently versed in theology to perceive as mod. rn Churchmen: have done that when the Redeemer spoke against shoes, he was recommending clerical hoots ! That when he reprobated the carrying of money he meant it should be placed in the funds, or kept in the strong box ! That when he mentioned persecution he referred to a host of creditors ! Or that the death of which he forewarned them was to be realized in the successful attacks of the gout ! These were mysterious meanings of which the poor fishermen knew nothing, nor indeed any one else in the world until the arrival of the happy period when men began to graduate in divinity ! Si much for the Scriptural—the divine right of the clergy to tithes, and, did the limits of this letter permit, I should be able to show that, humanly speaking, their claims are still more defective. Opportunities, however, will not be wanting' when you will hear from me at full length on the subject. The Vestry Act forms the climax of ecclesiastical tor ture, and religious persecution in Ireland. By the 7th of Geo. IV. c. 72 the. Protestant clergy are authorized to hold vestries twice a year, and lay any sums which they may think necessary for the building or repair of churches without any regard to the circumstances of the Catholics, who are obliged to pay the money, though not eligible to „ . . take a part in the proceedings. Independent of 575,0001. a year which they (Catholics) pay in this way, there is a sdecies of cruelty in the system unequalled in the annals of heathen hate. Not to dwell on the instances I could cite of money raised for the service of religion in this way b e i ng a ppli e d to the purcbale of services of plate fur Bishops—not to speak of instances where the rector's own servants composed the majority of a Vestry, to levy sums for paying organists, sextons, and bell-ringers, in parishes where a church never stood, and where the name of a sexton, bell-ringer, or organist was never heard of— there is a bitterness in this tax which no Catholic can pay without feeling. What cruelty, I ask, can exceed that of obliging a Catholic to pay a priest who remunerates him with a promise of hell ; to build a Church where the continuation of his subserviency is the wish of every heart, and the ejaculated prayer of every tongue; and to erect a pulpit from which be is weekly denounced as the enemy of God ? This is, indeed, cruelty ; but it sinks into comparative nothingness, when the fact of obliging the same poor Catholic to purchase the simple elements for the Communion Table is considered. Gracious Heaven ! with what face can the clergy of the Established Church scoff at the religious ceremonies of their Catholic brethren when, by the sweat and toil of a starving peasantry, they dare to commemorate one of the most solemn festivals in the institution of Jehovah ! Commemorate the death of him whose last prayer was for hi. enemies : whose spirit was peace, and whose breath was mercy, with bread plun dered from the poor, and with wine mingled with the tears of the widow and the orphan ! But no—l will be silent. I dare not trust my feelings on this subject. Where is the religious man that could do so ? Where is the man of feeling that, undisturbed, could contemplate such a picture? Having endeavoured to show, in as compressed a view as was possible, that tithes are not an integral part of the Christian religion, I have only to state that nothing short of their total extiocti, n, in any and every shape, will of ought to satisfy the people of Ireland. The Catholics are accused of ingratitude in seeking for this relief, having so lately obtained emancipation; but such accu sations sound in my ears like the reprobation of the con duct of a sufferer on the rack who, having got one arm extricated, should employ it in freeing his feet. The misery and ruinous expense of which the Tithe System is pro ductive, cry aloud for its utter abolition. In proof of this I refer you to the evidence on the subject, taken before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the month of March last. Gerald Fitzgerald, E•q,, a police Ma gistrate in the county of Tipperary, states that crime is not increased in the districts where resistance was made, and continues to be made, to the collection of tithes. The Bev. Robert Butler, of Kilkenny, when re quested to detail the steps he took to obtain the tithes from the refractory peasantry committed to his care, all of whom were Catholics, answers by saying that he filed bills in Chancery, the expenses of which amounted to 141. each! The Rev. Thomas Roberts proceeded by latitat the cost of which was ISI., even when no resistance was offered. The Rev. Hans Hamilton, a pluralist holding five livings, and yet ignorant of the number of schools in them, informs the Committee that his plan was to drag his victims into the Court of Exchequer, the costs of which were never under 301. to each ! This Divine Doctor, when asked his opinion as to the best means of quelling the disturbance, recommends the bayonet as the wisest argument, and assures hi s h earers , w i t h a ll imagi nable indifference, that coercion was the only safe remedy to be applied in Ireland! These are by no means specimens of the worst order of the established clergy in Ireland, and yet ignorant as the Irish may be, doubtless they will mistike them for any thing rather than apostles ! These are the evils complained of, these are the re ligious evils to be remedied, and now the question is whether they will or will not be more effectually and permanently remedied in an Irish or English Parlia ment ? To this question my answer is, unquestion ably better in the English House of Commons than anywhere. If the Union be repealed no doubt one of the first acts of an Irish Legislature, if the organization of such a body could take place, would be the repeal of the cruel and insulting Vestry Laws, and the extinction of Tithes. But what would be the consequence? Why, that all those who are now favourable to the continuance of the system, would rise up in arms against the enact ment, would fire by their cries the fanatics of this coun try ; and, unfurling the standard of rebellion, would de luge the island with blood. In this extremity, the strong arm of England would not be withheld, and Ireland would soon become an object worthy the eye of Ezekiel the pro phet—a valley of dried bones. I know too well the hearts of the two factions that have so long devastated Ireland, to entertain any hope of a union of feeling ever existing between them. Indeed, their amalgamation has long appeared to me impossible, as their first principles are heterogeneous. But even sup pose the Orange or Conservative fiction offered no resist ance, would not England still have the paver of putting a veto on the bill so passed, as, unassisted in their inquiries or deliberations by the information, as well as unsup ported by the presence of the Irish Members, the Mi nistry might overlook the force of the arguments used in College-green, as well as the importance of the ques tion ? In this ease, what would be the consequence? Would Ireland submit to this decision of a Bei.. tish Cabinet? No, no ! Ireland would resent the wrong in her national capacity; she would hurl defiance at England as she severed the last chain that hound them together, and, unalile to defend herself against a nation so powerful, would throw herself into the arms of France, America, or any country proffering assistance. Divided, the subjugation of the British empire would become like the breaking of the divided bundle of sticks in the beauti ful fable of .lE.np—a task which a child might perform. Let not your readers suppose, that when I speak of the two factions in Ireland, I mean to attach exclusive blame to either. To understand me as doing so, would be entirely to misconceive the drift of my observations. The hate is mutual, and if there be aggression ou the'one side, there is adequate provocation on the other. As tar, then, as relOon is in question, I am of opinion, that whatever is necessary to be done will be best effected in the United Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland. Everything connected with schools and general education shag be considered in my next. I have the honour to re• main your obedient servant. London, January 19. DALETH. P. S.—l am not able to determine whether the allusion to my pen contained in the letter of your Portsmouth cor respondent of last Thursday, be intended as a sneer or a compliment. That, however, is of no consequence. As the question he asks is one which I shall have a pleasure in answering, I beg to Pay, that my sixth letter shall con tain my views of that part of the question about which we are directly at issue. CITIZEN, ALIAS LORD, LAUDERDALE, IN 1797. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) In tl , e Annual Register, under the date 24th of June, _ _ 1797, is recorded the following amusing, though eccentri cally absurd, instance of the effect of the republican mania with which some very silly folks were inoculated at the close of the last century " The meeting of the Livery this day at Guildhall was the most numerous and respectable ever assembled on any occasion. The election of Sheriffs called up the exertions of both parties. The popular party was fortified by the appearance of the Earl of Lauderdale, who a few days since purchased his freedom, and became a member of the Needle-maker's Company, in order to qualify him to be a candidate. Mr. S. F. Waddington joined the Earl, and their pretensions were supported by a strong party of friends. " Sir William Herne and Mr. Alderman Williams were successively nominated. The show of hands for each of them was so great as to leave no possible room for doubt upon the final issue. The sev ral gentlemen who had been drunk to for Sheriffs by the present and former Lord Mayurs, and who have not been discharged by fine or ser vice, were put up in succession, and pissed over with little notice. '• James Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale, citizen and needle.maker, was then proposed, and a considerable but very insufficient, number of hands were held up in his favour. The Noble Lord then endeavoured to address the meeting, but the cry of ' Off! off!' with a loud chorus of hisses and groans, prevented him. " His Lordship's name was then put up a second time, but with no better success. " Mr. Waddington was then proposed, and had a simi lar show of hands with Lord Lauderdale. " The Sheriffs then declared the election had fallen on Sir William Herne, Knight, and Robert Williams, jun., Esq." Among the many droll circumstances which attended this freak of the noble citizen, to whom the Peers of Scot land now bow the head " with reverence due and submis sion," there occurred, immediately after the election, one ludicrous scene, which is too entertaining to be forgotten. A certain party in the city, which contemporary chro nicles describe as being composed of personages by no means the most respectable in the metropolis, had made sure of the election of Lauddy and Waddy,—the sobri quets of familiarity and endearment by which the Destruc tives of that day designated their two favourites for the shrievalty. They, however, dubbed themselves Citizen Lauderdale anti Citizen Waddington. The now noble and Conservative Scot was also known by the republican titles of Citizen Maitland and Citizen Jem, but Lauddy appears to have been the appellation most commonly be stowed upon him—though - it must be confessed tha', euphonite yratia, that of Citizen Jem should have been preferred. Certain, as this party considered themselves, of the success of the two candidates whom they honoured with their support, they hired some ragamuffins to draw the noble pin-and-needle-maker home (to his shop in triumph ; and some malicious wag having assured the crowd that the show of hands bad been in Lauddy's fa vour, the two-legged asses harnessed themselves to Citizen Jem's carriage, and sent the coachman and horses home. Out cline the pink of pin -makers, and seating himself in the vehicle, without undeceiving the prods, he was drawn amidst groans and laughter as far as the middle of Cheap• side. Here, however, the actual result of theelection became known to the dragsmen of Lauddy's triumphal car ; and, as though the news of his defeat had not been damper enough, a soaking shower poured down upon them without a moment's warning. There was no standing this, even for the glory of Citizen Jem. The sans-cu lottes who were dragging him took French leave and trotted off fur shelter, while his needle-making Grace and the carriage remained alone in their glory and the rain. Lauddy waited in this situation for some time, in the hope that they would return, but that hope was vain— for, contented with the short reign they had usurped from the quadrupeds, they abdicated and were seen no more At length, his patience exhausted, having neither horses nor asses to his carriage, and there not being a single " Jarrey" on the stand, the pin-making Peer was obliged to prick his way home through the crowd on foot. The city wits made themselves very merry on the occa sion of his Lurdship's admission among them, and his attempt to make himself Sheriff, as well as citizen and pin and needle-maker. Attributing his conduct to disappoint went of an English Peaage, they reported that the noble dealer in whitechapels and blunts had chat pd his coat 01 arms, and that fur the future he meant to bear " a pin cushion, tri-colour, on a shield, copper—crest, the bon net-rouge—with 'he motto, Flectere si neguto superos, Acheronta movebo." His Lordship seems now inclined to take the converse of this maxim for his rule of action. The late Lord ROBERT FITZGERALD, whose dissolution is announced as having taken place at Nice, on the 2d inst., was formerly Minister Plenipotentiary to the Cour t of Lisbon, and received, as a retired diplomatist, a pension of 1,7001. per annum. His Lordship, in addi tion to this allowance, derived an ihcome of 6241. from the funds of the Civil List for " good services." He was the fifth son of JAatEs, third Duke Of LEINSTER, uncle to the present Duke, and brother to the late Lords HENRY FITZGERALD, ROBERT FITZGERALD, and Baroness RAY.- nninn. Lord ROBERT had been resident many years on the continent, where two of his daughters formed ma trimonial alliances with foreigners of distinction. By hir marriage with Miss FIELDING, of the noble family of the FIELDINGS of Denbigh, he has left one son and three daughters. Lord ROBERT was in his 68th year. A reduction, we understand, is to take place immediately in the number of artisans at present einployeo in his MAJESTY'S dockyard at this port, pursuant to an order lately received from the Board of Admiralty. Fifth shipwrights will, in consequence, be sent to Sheerness, and an additional 20 to the dockyard at Pembroke.—Ply mouth Journal. It is reported that a Field Officer and 250 Royal Marines are to embark for the infant settlement on Swan River, which, it appears, is in need of grater mili tary protection than has yet been afforded to it.— Plymouth Journal. BRIGHTON, JAN. 18. Their MAJEsTres continue in the enjoyment of excel lent health and spirits at the Pavilion ; for years past the KING has not been so well as at the present moment. Yesterday he took his usual carriage airing to Roitingdean, and back to the Palace, receiving from the people in the course of his drive the most manifest proofs of loyalty and affection. Her MAJESTY, attended by Sir A. BARNARD, Colonel SEYMOUR, Lady M. CORNWALLIS, and Miss HOPE JOHNSTONE, rode on horseback for nearly two hours. The Princess AUGUSTA walked and drove yesterday through various parts of the town ; her Royal Highness was attended by Lady MARY TAYLOR. Prince GEORGE took an airing on horseback, attended by his tutor, the Rev. Mr. WOOD. The Duke of GLOUCESTER left the Palace yesterday morning for his seat at Bagshot. The 'Royal dinner party last evening included the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, Sir HENRY and Lady NEALE, Earl and Countess of MUNSTER, Lord GODERICH, Lieut.-Colonel HORACE SEYMOUR, the Marquis of BRISTOL, and the suite and household. Her MAJESTY'S band attended from 9 until 11 o'clock. Lord Gomtaicit is amongst the latest arrivals. Yes terday the Noble Lord dined at the Royal table. The calls at the Palace yes , erd ky were exceedingly nu merous, including most of the nobility and gentry of the place. The Marquis of BRISTOL is now staying at his residence at Kemp-town. Amongst the latest departures for town were the Earl and Countess of ALBEMARLE, Lady CAROLINE KEPPELL, Lord WESTERN, and Lady PALE. Mrs. FITZHERBERT continues indisposed, at her resi dence on the Old Steyne. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT has had an attack of gout, hut the Hon. Baronet is much better. The Duke and Duchess of St. ALBAN'S have returned to their residence in Regency-square, after a short absence in town. Their G, aces were amongst the nobility who left their names for their 111.a.nsms on Wednesday at the Palace. The town continues very full, considering the advanced period of the season, and scarcely a day passes without some arrivals. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 21, 1832. The King has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas William Taylor, one of the Grooms of his Majesty's Bedchamber in Ordinary, in the room of Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., deceased. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 5, 1833. The King has been pleased to appoint Lord Adolphus Fitz clarence one of the Lords of his Majesty's Bedchamber in Ordi nary, in the room of the Earl of Denbigh, resigned. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 5. The King has been pleased to appoint Captain Francis Hugh Seymour, Groom of the Robes in Ordinary to his Majesty, in the room of Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, resigned. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, J/N. 13. The Very Rev. the Dean of Hereford has been appointed, by the King's command, one of the Deputy Clerks of the Closet to his Majesty, in the room of the Rev. Di. Hughes, deceased. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JAN. 13. The Rev. Timothy Fysh Foord-Bowes has been appointed, by the King's command, Supernumerary Deputy Clerk of the Closet to his Majesty, in the room of the Very Reverend the Dean of Hereford. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 18. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—G. Rushout, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kingscote, appointed to the 17th Light Dragoons, Jan. 18. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieut. Hon. A. J. C. Vil liers to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cosby, who retires, Jan. 18; Cornet W. R. Tyrell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Villiers, Jan. 18. 6th Regiment of Dragoons—Lieut -Colonel H. Madox, from the half.pay Unattached to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur chase, vice Greswolde, deceased, Jan. 18. 21st Regiment of Foot—Capt. A. W. Mackay, from the 33d Regiment, to be Captain, vice Beet, appointed to the 94th Re giment, Jan. 18. 33d Foot—Capt. F. R. Blake, from the 94th Regiment to be Captain vice Mackay, appointed to the 21 s t Regiment, Jan. 18. 41st Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon N. Game, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice G. N. Dartnell, who exchanges, Jan. 18. 50th FodthEnsign H. Gunton to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vicequdor, appointed Adjutant ; Gentleman Cadet W. H. Wright, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Gunton ,• Lieut. W. L. Tudor to be Adjutant, vice White, de ceased, Jan. 18. 61st Foot—Ensign J. T. Bligh, from the 94th Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Seton, who exchanges, Jan. 18. 66th Foot—Lieut. F. Carr, fpom the half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant, vice J. M. Russell, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Jan. 18. 68th Foot—Major Lord W. Paulet, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice J. Menzies, who exchanges, receiving the dif ference, Jan. 18. 77th Foot—Captain G. A. Ramsay to be Major, by purchase, vice Wemyss, who retires • Lieutenant W. J. Clerke to be Cap. tain, by purchase, vice Ramsay ; Ensign 11. J. Straton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clerke, Dec. 18. 94th Foot—Captain J. G. Beet, from 21st Regiment, to be Captain, vice Blake, appointed to the 33d Regiment ; Ensign W. C. Seton, from the 61st Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Bligh, who exchanges, Jan. IS. HOSPITAL STAFF. Assistant-Surgeon G. R. Dartnell, from the 41st Regiment, to be Staff:Assistant-Surgeon, vice N. Dartnell, who exchanges, Jan. IS. MEMORANDA, The names of the Captain, on the half-pay of the 67th Regi ment, are William Gordon Cuming Skene, and not William Gor don, as hitherto stated. The promotion of Ensign Adams to be Lieutenant of the 16th Foot, was vice Carr, promoted, and not vice Carr deceased, as stated in the Gazette of the 11th January instant. BANKRUPTS. SIMON STRIGHT, hat manufacturer Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road, to surrender Jan. 29, and 11Tarch 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch. lane ; Randell, College-hill. THOMAS GAUKRODGER, merchant, Huddersfield, Jan. 31, and March I, at ten, at the Pack Horse Inn, Huddersfield. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery lane, London ; Cloughs and Norton, Huddersfield. JOHN BERKLEY, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 19, and March 1, at eleven, at the Crown and Thistle Inn, New. castle-upon-Tyne. Meggison, Pringle, and Manisty, King's_ road, Bedford-row, London ; Brockett and Philipson, Newcas tle-upon-Tyne. JAMES HALL, wine-merchant, Liverpool, Feb. 12, and March 1, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Rogerson, Liverpool; Arlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London. CATHERINE RATCLIFF, hop.dealer, Knockin—hill, Shrop shire, Feb. 1, and March 1, at eleven, at the Unicorn Inn, Os westry. Hayward, Oswestry ; Rosser and Son, Gray's Inn, London. WILLIAM SPENCER, tavern-keeper, Manchester, Feb. 7,8, and March 1, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Perkins and Frampton, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Ford and Parry, Man chester. WILLIAM HEYCOCK, HENRY HEYCOCK, a ED WIN HE iCOCK, cloth manufacturers, Leeds, Yorkshire, Feb. 11, and March I, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Wiglesworth and Ridsdale, Gray's Inn-square, London; Gaunt, Leeds. JOSEPH BEAUMONT and THOMAS HOLT, tailors, Cornhill, Jan. 25; at ten, and March 1, at half-past ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gole, Lothbury; Carman, official assig nee, Lothbury. ABEL TIMSON, draper, Dover, Feb. 1, and March 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stokes anal Hollinsworth, Cateaton-street ; Clark, official assignee, St. Swithin's-lane. DAVID FARROW, gunsmith, Farringdon-street, Jan. 19, and March 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. M'Duff, official assignee, Castle-street, Holborn. • JOHN GREENE, scrivener, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, Feb. 12, and March 1, at eleven, at the King's Arms Inn, Bedford. Wade, Baldock, Hertfordshire; Hawkins, Bloxam, and Stocker, New Boswell-court, Carey street, London. GEORGE SCORE, scrivener, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Jan. '29, and March 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Kitchener, official assignee, Lothbury; Sylvester and Walker, Furnival's Inn. DIVIDENDS. R. Thomson and T. D. Mildred, merchant., Sun-court, corn hill, Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Court .i Bankruptcy. R. Day, oil-broker, CrooKed-lone, Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, W. Sell, bookseller, St. Martin's-lane, Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. T. Hudson, cattle salesman, Northbrook, Godalming, Surrey, Feb. 20, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. A. Hood, spirit-dealer, Darlington-place, Southwark-bridge road, Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. B. Sew: - :11 and W. Garrod, drapers, Hackney, Jan. 23, at half past-twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. H. George, stage-coach-maker, Parker-street, Drury-lane, Jan. 29, at half-p as t twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Fox, cabinet-maker, Newgate-street, Feb. 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Morrell, victualler, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. J. Meeks and T. G ummery, upholsterers, Warwick, Feb. 12, at twelve, at the S wan Hotel, Warwick. W. Pagett, hosie r , Bi rming h am, F e b . 8, at one, at Raden hurst's Royal H o t e l , B i rm i ngham. E. Robson, grocer, Leeds, Yorkshire, Feb. 8, at ten, at the Court-house, Leeds. C—FEa. W. J. Ward, wine- E merchant, RTIFICATES. Bermondsey-s B. treet, Southwark. N. Geary, stay-manufacturer, Southampton. C. Cole and J. Gentian, carvers and gilders, Exeter. J. G. Worthy, corn-factors, Alphinton, Devonshire. W. R o wley, saddlers' ironmonger, Great Queen-street, Lin coln's Inn-fields. W. Butler, glazier, Little St. Thomas Apostle. J. W. Hobbs, music.seller, North Terrace, Mount Gardens, Lambeth. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. Biggs and J. Bold, machinists, White Lion-court, Wych street, Strand. W. Hawley and Co., stone-masons, Nottingham. S. I). Leak and J. Hall, lawn-manufacturers, Hanley, Staf fordshire. J. Newton and J. Richardson, pawnbrokers, Salford. J. Byron and J . K err, tea-dealers, Ipswich. G. Brown and T. Driver, sail-makers, Broad.street, Ratcliffe. S. Hawgood, j un. , and W. Hawgood, pawnbrokers, Surrey place, Old Kent -road. J. Joplin and Co., wine -merchants, Manchester. R. Williamson and G. Graham, brass-founders, Habergham Eaves, Lancashire. R. Clutter and J. Jones, London. E. and T. Tyrrell, attorneys, London. J. and M. Willan, spirit-merchants, Hawes, Yorkshire. W. Pooley and J. Gatrill, carmen, Shepherd's Market, Mayfair. it. Edwards and Co. Liverpool. T. H. Gore and J . T. Shenston, scale-makers, Shoreditch. It. Barrow and J. Brumell, painters, Newcastle-upon-Ty ne. B. Eccles and Co., cotton spinners, Blackburn. NEW ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.-A num ber of workmen commenced operations on Thursday for the rebuilding of the English Opera House. It is to be open on the let of July next, so report says. MADRID. JAN. 7. ROYAL DECREE. " Being recovered from my illness, I have deter mined to charge myself with the despatch of public business from this day, and I wish to be assisted therein by my dear and beloved wife, in order that those affairs in which she is engaged may be more satisfactorily concluded, as well as to give a proof of my satisfaction with the zeal and wisdom with which she has rewarded my sovereign confi dence. Let it be done andmade known to the Secre taries of State. " With the rubric of the Royal hand of the King our Lord. " In the Palace, the 4th of January, 1833." " I, THE KING, " To the First Secretary of State, President of the Council of Minis►ers. " TO MY DEAR AND BELOVED WIFE, THE QUEEN. "In the most grievous and severe illness with which it pleased Divine Providence to afflict me, the inseparable company and incessant care of your Majesty have been to me a sole comfort and conso lation. Never did my eyes open without seeing you at my side, and finding in your looks and sooth ing words lenitives to my pains. 'Never did I re ceive assistance which did not come from your hand. To you lam indebted for consolation in my affliction, and for relief in my anguish. " Debilitated by so protracted a suffering, and only recovering by slow and delicate amendment, I confided in your hands the reins of government, in order that no interruption should be given to the despatch of the public business, and I have seen with delight the singular diligence and wisdom with which you have directed it, arid so completely an swered my confidence. All the decrees which you have made, either for the promotion of public in struction, or to dry up the tears of the unfortunate, or to advance the general wealth and produce of my revenues—in a word, every action of yours, with out exception, have been to me the most satisfac- tory, because they have been made wisely and op portunely, for the happiness of the people. " Restored again from my malady, and charging myself once more with the affairs of the State, I render to your Majesty my most fervent thanks for your assistance in my illness, and for your intelli gence and activity in the Government. The grati tude for these actions, which shall ever live in my heart, will be a new stimulus to, and a justification for, the love which from the beginning your talents and virtues inspired me with. I rejoice myself, and I congratulate your Majesty, that having been the delight of the Spanish nation since your coming to the throne, for my good and for that of my people, you will be, from the present moment, an example of conjugal tenderness to all wives, and a model in admini.tration to Queens. In the Palace, the 4th of January, 1833. (Signed) " FERDINAND." ROYAL DECREE. " Desirous to manifest my gratitude and love for the incomparable attention which I os.‘e in my ill ness, to my most dear and beloved wife, and my sa tisfaction for the wisdom and tact with which she has rewarded my sovereign confidence during my indis position, I order that a medal shall be struck, to perpetuate the memory of such splendid actions. " Make it known, and order it to done. " With the rubric of the Royal hand of the King our Lord. " In the Palace, 4th January, 1833. " To the Count Ofuha." I begin my letter by copying the last decree of the King, which appeared on Saturday night, and which will at once inform you of the important fact of the King having again resumed the reins of go vernment. It is impossible to say what effect his Majesty's recovery will have on the progress of events in this country ; but, in my opinion —and I am supported by very good authority—it is not probable that he will make any change in the line of policy adopted by the Queen, and acted upon so constantly by the present Administration. Though the King suffered excessively in his illness, it ap pears that he never lost his intelligence, except in the extremities of the disorder, and that every in tention of the Queen was communicated to him, and his pleasure taken upon it, before it was put into action. The heads of the Carlist party being removed from about his person, and having now no one near him but those who are deeply interested in supporting the measures of the Queen and the rights of the young Princess, it is not likely that he will relapse into his former arbitrary policy, particularly when he finds that the Government is not going on more quickly than prudence justifies, and that the best protection be can have from the designs of the Carlists, and the succession being wrung from his child, is in the confidence of the liberal, enlightened, and nobler portion of the nation. Something, how ever, it must be admitted, there is of alarm, and many wise and just men are daunted %%hen they re flect on the wavering character of the King, and how oftenalready he has altered his determinations. But they should not forget that he has now a new claim upon him—that of a father's love; and it is not likely Iliac he will do anything to weaken the attachment which all classes so unequivocally show to his daughter. Those who calculate on the rapid decline of the King's health are building on a false foundation. I saw him to-day, and was astonished at the im provement that has taken place in his general ap pearance, and the strength with which he walked, without much assistance from his chair to the car riage. I saw the Queen at the same time, and cannot refrain from expressing the admiration which her beautiful and benevolent countenance excited in me, as it must in all those who beheld it for the first time. Her smile is truly angelic, and it is every moment called forth in answering t h e attentions of the persons who thronged about her as she walked by the side of the King's chair, and received the petitions of several claimants on the Royal bounty. The Queen's person, when first she came to Madrid, was, I understand, a model of grace; but, at pre 4ent, it inclines a little too much to embonpoint. Her face is one of the most charming I ever beheld; and having seen it, I cannot wonder at the warm and romantic terms in which I have beard so many Spanish gentlemen state their determination to sup port her and her daughter's rights with the last drop of their blood. Their declaration, however, cannot he put to the test during the King's life; and 1 should think that the succetssion will then be placed on so secure a footing as to remove all danger of the Carlist party. With a view of refuting the charges which that faction make against the formality of the Act of 1789, and the proceedings of the Cortes which Charles IV. then assembled, the Queen, as I informed you in my letter of last Thursday, has ordered a full publication of all the papers of that period which have since been deposited in the archives of the Crown, and of the genuineness of which there is undoubted authority extant. If that publication be not sufficient to remove all doubt, it is supposed that a Cortes will be summoned solely for the purpose of swearing to the young Princess, and if the King has the resolution at once to do it, will put a question of debate at rest, and place the crown, without contest, on the head of his daughter. lsay a question of debate, for it is evident that Don Carlos has strong grounds to rest upon—namely, that he was born in possession of a right of succes sion, and that the only way in which he is deprived of it is by the publication of the Acta of the Cortes, which were called two years after his birth, and the proceedings of which have been kept secret from 1789 to 1830, above 40 years. Were Don Carlos libend man, or his party of popular principles, I fancy his case would be deemed one of great diffi culty and hardship, and therefore I think the sooner 4 Cortes are called to put the right of succession on a legal, as well as equitable, foundation the better; as, though the rights of the young Princess are founded in natural justice, as well as on the princi ples of the ancient succession of the kingdom, there always remains the fact against her, that Philip the Fifth did, with the aid of the Cortes, cut off the female entail, and that the acts of Charles the Fourth to restore it were buried in obscurity till almost the present day. At present no steps of moment are taken by the Carlists. The affair of Toledo was a mere bubble, which burst of itself; and though some idle people, whose desultory proceedings I detailed to you be fore, have gone through the streets of Madrid at night calling for Don Carlos, they excite no alarm, and scarcely receive attention. It may, however, be as well to tell you, that on the night of Thursday last the faction made another attempt to disturb the tranquillity of the capital. Meetings took place on various points, but they were promptly dispersed by the police and patrols. In St. Peter and St. Paul -streets the sergeant of police could not prevail on the assembled multitude to retire, but a few musket-shots in the air produced the desired effect. The troops in the garrison, since the attempt on the former night, have been ordered to be in readi ness on the first signal, and the sentries were doubled on all the posts. The police, however, oc casionally show themselves; and a lady about the Court, who was discovered in a political intrigue, was carried to Seville the night before last without any previous notice, and some persons belonging to the Guard have been placed under arrest, to answer for expressions which they imprudently made use of with regard to the succession. All these things are not of much importance, but very serious measures have been undertaken yesterday and to-day, arid f think it shows the decision and power of the Go vernment to great advantage. I speak of the dis missal yesterday of 50 of the Guardia Real, and 50 to-day. They have been ordered to their own homes, or within 20 leagues of Madrid, under pain of arrest and punishment. This body is similar to the French Garde du Corps, and is composed of the sons of good families, who have the honour of immediate attendance on the Royal Family. For some days there has been a great deal of political agitation among them; and those of the parry of Don Carlos had the temerity to insult one of the Ministers as he came from the Queen's apartment. Quarrels also took place among them, but the result has been that the King and Queen have determined to cut off the evil at the root ; and the greater part of those who were understood to be hostile to the right of the young Princess have been separated from their young companion:. lam told that the feeling among what we should call the Household Troops is not as decided in favour of the Queen as could be desired, but the only part of them that has broken into insubordination is the youth ful portion of the Body Guard. The decree by which the King announces tha t he will resume the direction of public affairs, ap pears to give, I am told, some uneasiness to the partisans of the new system. Others, again, who are foes to all order, have sent forth reports of the most absurd kind, tending to create an impression amongst the people to the effect that his Majesty will assuredly annul the whole of the decrees and arrangements which had been executed by the Queen. Those rumours are altogether destitute of foundation. The return of the King to business is the result of a decision by the Council of Ministers. The re-organization of the Royalist Volun teers, the object of which is, that arms should be in the hands of citizens, who, having something valu able to lose by civil commotions, would of necessity be induced to act in the best manner for maintaining public tranquillity, arid for preventing it from being at the mercy of those who have every thing to gain. Thus the real proprietors, the merchants, the ten tier:, would replace in influence those whose ambi tion impels them to disturbance, as a means of enabling them to realize the promises given them by the Apostolicals, that the day was not distant when they would participate in the spoils of the negroes —that is, of the rich. The Apostolical faction have sent forth a rumour to the effect that the Queen has sent 30,000,000 of franca to Naples, and that Don Carlos is to be ba nished to some of of the dependencies of Spain. There appears to be great difficulty in the choice of new Counsellors of State. Some are of opinion that the capitalists of the country should have a share in office. If such an arrangement promise to secure the safety of the State, it certainly deserves the utmost cconsideration. The Princes, it is thought, ought to be chosen; but a particular and express command from the King should be made out as a sanction to them for each sitting. The Mi• nistry must be very circumspect in the selection, lest any one should be promoted whose claims resulted from his connections more than from his merits. The Northern Cabinets seem desirous to bring us back to Absolutism, for their own private views; but the Queen, interested for her own descendants, feels it necessary to accomplish all that had been promised by Ferdinand in May, 1814, by the decree of Valencia. The Spaniard who would offer a different counsel to this is a traitor to his country. The conduct of Don Carlos lately is very Jes&- tical ; he never raises his eyes to look at any person. The Austrian and Russian Governments are doing all in their power to generate jealousies and bid feelings between France arid England on the subject of Portugal. Metternich, it is evident, wants to act on the old principle" divide et impera." The visit of Pozzo di Borgo to London is gene, rally believed to be connected with some Russiithi project respecting Portugal. This visit was expe dited by the intelligence which arrived at Peters burgh, that Talleyrand and Lord Palmerston were about to settle the claims, definitively, to the Lusi tanian throne. We are without much information on the affairs of Portugal ; but all the notices in the Gazette are unfavourable to Don Pedro and we look t o t h e ar rival of Sir S. C ann i ng to enlighten us on the subject. How far this Ambassadar Extraordinary may alter the feelings of the Cabinet I cannot pretend to anti cipate; but at present they are decidedly unfavour able to the acknowledgment of Donna Maria ; and you may take as one proof of that fact that Sarto rius has been ordered to remove his ships from their former anchora ge , i n f ront o f th e town o f Vi go , to n e a r n l a oi t f e sat , B u cl a i y t i o o aft instructions st n o a h ja.l:sqleaunibrdeese,n into gi t tiov t e h t nh e et m oc o ot u rhi i de h ucc o ta f po t thfaeinb. those 0 in. cers who gave him at first so handsome a reception. In fact, all parties here are agreed in one point, nit to intermeddle in the affairs of Portugal ; and if the mission of Sir S. Canning have a recognition of Donna Maria for its object, I have no expectation of its success. Indeed, lam assured, on good autho rity, that Sal torius has been ordered altogether from the Spanish waters, which must be looked upon as a very harsh proceeding in the winter season, with his vessels not equipped for sea, and particularly so if what I have seen stated in letters from Corunna and Vigo be authentic, that 100 of his sailors in one lot, and 30 in another, abandoned his ships, and are now straying about Galicia. Sir Stratford Canning has not yet arrived, but I presume he is hourly looked for, as the Government have reduced the quarantine on the frontier to 12 from 28 days, in his favour. A part of a Noble man's mansion is prepared for his family. Loro W. Harvey, the Secretary of this legation, hi, re. turned this evening from Lisbon, which he left five days since, having been absent about a fortnight. I do not understand that he brings any important in. telligence; but, whatever it may be, it is, of course, reserved for Mr. Addington, and the expected Am. bassador Extraordinary. Madrid is perfectly quiet, though, as a measure of prevention, the sentinels are In many parts doubled at night, and Ido not hear of any disturbances in the country. Ten o'clock at night. The Gazette is not yet out. I must close my letter, as thg.Fiench post closes at this bout; but f there be any thing in the Gazette I will send it by he English post, as it remains open till 12. The Count de BoußrisoNT, who recently landed at Rotterdam from London, proceeded immediately to Frankfort, where be has hired apartments for six mon•hs. He was suffering so severely from the gout, that he wai obliged to be carried from the vessel to the inn at Rutter. darn. ~~