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SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 12 —TheMadrid Gazette of this day promulgates an official decree of the Regent, by which the Minister of RI 'Foment° is directed to prepare a project of law for the organization of the ayuntamientos, so 'conceived as to enable those bodies to aid the action of the administration of the provinces, and contribute in facilitating and rendering uniform that of the whole kingdom. The same decree prescribes the provisional measures to be taken preparatory to the execution of the permanent ones, so that the u.eful reforms in contempla• tion experience as little delay as possible. The Gazette also contains an official decree, by which the Regent declares that, being justly 'dissatisfied with the - support which Don Miguel has not 'cetsed till now to afford to the pretensions of Don Carlos, she has thought proper to break off all diplomatic relations with the King ; and that she is exerting herself, in concert with her friend and ally, the King of Great Britain, to put a stop to the civil war which desolates Portugal, by means of a mediation between the belligerent parties, whereby the peace of that kingdom may be secured in such a way as would be eonsister,t with the interests of the mediating powers, withr,ut compromising the general tranquillity of Europe. This is not precisely an acknowledgment of Donna Maria, but when the present state of affairs is considered, with M. de Zet in power, it is all that could he expected to be obtained. From this declaration, however, to the formal acknowledgment, the distance is not great ; it is a step made by M. de Zea preparatory to the recognition. It is very doubtful, however, that Miguel will submit to the sacrifices which are required of him. The media tion can only be in favour of Don Pedro. If the latter is wise, and appreciates what has been gained for him, his daughter will in a short space of time be acknowledged by the Spanish Govetnment, and therefore may establish her authority throughout Portugal. What has been done just now here in favour of the rightful Sovereign of Portugal is understood to have been ts•ought about by Mr. Villiers, whose successful negotia gion in the very outset of his diplomatic functions tells ;greatly in his favour, and holds out promise not only to Portugal, but to the whole of the peninsula. With regard to the internal state of the country, it con tinuts pretty nearly the same. The disarming of the Royalist Volunteers is nearly completed everywhere, and has met with no serious opposition. In Murcia and in Valencia they had indeed made a show of resistance, but Valdez, the Governor of Carthagena, repaired in person to the first named city, and his presence has prevented the resistance which appeared to be contemplated. The organization of the civic militia goes on rather more slowly than the disarming of the Royalist Volunteers has done ; it is forming in virtue of a decree of the Govern ment, which has not been published. This decree, it would seem, does not authorise any such organization in the capital. No serious uneasiness is entertained here with regard to the state of the country. The ultimate triumph of the Queen's cause is looked upon as certain ; but it is feared that some time will be required to put down the insurrec tion in the northern provinces. The inactivity of Saars teid is quite unaccountable. He has fallen back upon Burgos, where be appears to have taken up his position. It is generally believed that he does not consider himself sufficiently strong, with the 8,000 men now under his command, to attack the insurgents, who, however undisciplined, are able to op pose to him large masses, in which no inconsiderable number of Royalist Volunteers, and French officers of the ex-Royal Guard of Charles X., are to be found. It begins to be suspected that Saarsfield wants energy and resolution ; but there is yet much unwillingness to cast blame on him. It is, however, said by many persons •that his army is not only inadequate in numbers, but also very lukewarm in its zeal for the Queen's service, as that Saarsfield is afraid to risk an encounter, in which defeat, or any disadvantage, might open the road of the capital to the insurgents. By sending him further reinforcements hence, the garrison of the capital must be so weakened as to leave it almost entirely unprotected. All that could possibly be spared has bee❑ sent, and to-day a reinforcement, probably the last, consisting of three bat talions of infantry and three of cavalry, with six pieces of artillery, has been despatched to Valladolid, where Quesada is kept in check by the rebels, having only a few hundred men at his disposal. A secret Carlist junta, it would seem, has been formed here, This junta ht s published to-day a Madrid Gazette, of which I herewith send you a copy; it is a curious publication. The " Emperor Carlos" is made to speak in it, though the said Emperor is known to be still at Castel-Branco. There are accounts in it of victories gained over Merino and Cuevillas, and it is likewise said that English muskets and French officers have been landed at Bilboa. The latter part of the paper's statement is, unfortunately, but too true. The Government dues not appear disposed to employ any of the Liberals here against the Carlists. It con tinues, on the contrary, to be as much afraid of the former as of the latter. M. de Zea thinks he will be able to do without any aid from the liberals, and even without the intervention of France. But if things do not speedily assume a more favourable turn, intervention may become indispensable. About 40 soldiers deserted from the garrison last night, and left Madrid, accompanied by a few officers. A de tachment was immediately sent after them, and several were brought back this morning. This desertion is of little consequence in itself, but it is to be feared that it may ret a had example. The Regent took a ride to Aranjues to-day. Her visit to that place has given rise to much conjecture. It ap pears, however, that the true object of it was the discovery of some papers which bad been left in the apartments of that royal residence. BAYONNE, Nov. 17.—The Carlists have not stirred from the positions occupied by them as far as Iron. Some of our country people say they heard a brisk cannonade at daybreak yesterday. It proceeded very likely from the ramparts of St. Sebastian, where the Carlists, in attempt ing to go near the place, were fired upon. The rebels having allowed the communications with the provinces to be opened once more, a great number of commercial letters were received yesterday from Bilboa, Vittoria, &c. The bag of letters was carefully delivered to the Commissary of Police of Behobia, who was sent for to receive it. The letters from Vittoria and Whoa are dated the 14th. Those from the latter place say that a new Man of 6,000,000 teals (700,0001. sterling) was threatened. No business was doing. By order of the police no assemblages of more than three persons were to take place, and all the inhabitants are to retire to their homes after nightfall. The letters from Vittoria say no thing about the state of things there. Upon the whole, matters in the Peninsula do not wear a prospect at which the Queen's Government ought to re joice. Very few French papers now find their way into Spain. This is, perhaps, all the better, as the Spaniards will not be told by the French ministerial papers that no form of government but of an arbitrary kind ought to exist in Spain, and taught to believe that such is the credo of the French Government. But the Constitutionalists have already seen into thiQ, and are in no hurry to take up arms for the Queen. It is immaterial to them whether Isabella or Carlos is on the throne, when the form of the government is to remain precisely the same. Artillery is brought out of the ar:en•tl and taken to Marrac to be formed into field batteries. About 400 artillerymen, and as many horses, have just arrived here. It is said that M. de St. Priest and a son of Bourmont, corning from Spain with false passports, have gone thmugh this place. We have no accounts from Gallicia and Asturias. It is affirmed that the insurgents have retired from Tolosa, where they left a garrison of only 200 men. The bridge of Behobia was still occupied by them last evening, and we do not know whether they have been compelled to abandon their positions, as Colonel Jaureguy (El Pastor) was to have made last night a sortie from St. Sebastian, with a column of troops. According to our accounts from Bilboa of the 14th, the monks were all engaged in making cartridges for the supply of the insurgents throughout the rebel provinces. P.S. We have this moment received letters from St. Sebastian of the 16th, which state that official intelligence bad been received and published there to the effect that Saarsfield was marching on Vittoria. ST. SEBASTIAN, Nov. 15.—The forces under General Castanos have been concentrated in this garrison since the 7th, and we enjoy here the most perfect tranquillity, in spite of the occupation of Hernani by the rebels, which took place on the 12th. We are in no want of anything. There is abundance of provisions, and the market continues to be supplied in the usual way. A French naval officer arrived here last night from Bayonne, bearer of a despatch for our General, in which offers are made to him of what ever may be wanted for the supply of the garrison and the inhabitants. He is gone on in a French gun boat to Bilboa, to require the release of a French brig which had been detained by the insurgents. He has orders to allow only half an hour's time for that purpose. Two batta lions of Biscayan insurgents who occupied Tolosa, well equipped and armed, have gone into the interior. It ap pears that about 2,400 more have remained behind, and that much discontent prevails among them because no money has been given them. The rebel chiefs had sent companies to Villabonna and Andrieu, to take away by force `` k i all the men aged from 18 t o 40. he Guipuzcoans, to the number of about 800, occupy and Fontarabia, and also nee coercive means to obtain recruits for the ser vice of Don Carlos. Bottnamix, Nov. 19.—We have just received intelli gence of the evacuation of Irun by the insurgents, who left a very small garrison behind them. PORITGAL. LtsaoN, Nov. 16 —The last week has been almost entirely barren of event.. The division which landed at Pederneira, under the command of General Bent° da Francs, being too weak to march against Figueira by land, proceeded across the country, and united itself to the a•my of General Sildanha, of which it now forms the left wing. On the 11th instant the Miguelites were driven from the heights of Pernes, to the left of Santarem, by a force composed of the 9th Infantry and 12th Cacadores, and several windmills which ground wheat for the supply of the town were destroyed. The resistance made by the enemy to this operation caused us a loss of about 50 men in killed and wounded. The investment of Santarem is gradually proceeding, and it is said that the garrison suffer many privations ; it is not intended to carry the position by assault, but to reduce it by famine, and the floods which cover the plains surrounding the town during part of the rainy season will assist the operations of our army. The Palace bulletin of the 10th instant contains the names of I major, 2 captains, 2 lieutenants, and I ensign, from different regiments of Don Miguel, who have abandoned a party which has no longer a chance of ac complishing any physical results in its own favour, and joined the cause of the young Queen. The Chronica, No. 97, contains a decree for the recruitment of the army. By the first article, all young unmarried men, who enlist themselves voluntarily within the ensuing fortnight, are only to serve until the termi nation of the present civil war, hut if they do not come forward previous to the expiration of that period, they are nevertheless to be recruited for the line, and to be compelled to serve the usual number of years. The frigate Duchess of Braganza, Captain Buxton, has sailed from St. Übes, from whence the Admiral returned this evening, after having restored order and security, _ _ The monks of St. Vicente (the monastery in which the remains of the deceased members of the Braganza family are deposited) have received orders to remove themselves to Mafra, and take up their quarters there, the building they at present occupy being required for a military college. A Council of State was held yesterday, but I am informed no deliberation of importance took place. The check which our arms received on the south side of Lisbon, has spread some terror amongst the inhabi tants of that part of the country, but which Admiral Napier has greatly calmed, by his stay among them ; and by the assistance granted to the loyal inhabitants of St. Uhes, by kindness to one and severity to the other, he has restored tranquillity in the place, which he is for tifying in all haste. _ _ The Intendance of Police has been abolished by a de cree of the Bth instant, and the prefect of this province (Extremadura) installed in his new functions, which I be lieve are similar to those of the same name in France. The selection of this magistrate (Senhor Bent°, Pereiro du Carmo) has been generally approved of. On the 13th 200 treasury bonds, 37,7001., part of the 200,0001 issued in London, were paid off (amortizado) by the Bank here, under inspection of commissioners from tie Treasury. It appears by private letters from the Spanish capital to the same date, that Zea Bermudez is as yet not in clined (although having interrupted his diplomatic inter course with Don Miguel) to recognize this Government. Don Carlos is still in Portugal. General Torres, recently created Baron de Sa Bandeira, the gallant defender of the Serra, is to relieve Sir Tho mas William Stubbs in the command of the army of the north anti the governorship of the city of Oporto, whither he proceeds to-morrow or next day, in the William IV. steamer. Some adherents of Don Miguel have lately found means of supplying his troops on the Douro with ammunition, carried out by night in dung carts from the city of Oporto. This manoeuvre was, however, detected by a Knight of the Tower and Sword, the drivers of the carts were arrested and imprisoned, and their employers inquired after. However, the usual decree, if such there be, respecting the appointment of Torres and the supersed ing of Sir Thomas Stubbs has not yet been published. On Wednesday some Miguelite guerillav made their ap pearance at Aldea Gallego, on the south aide of the Tagus, exactly opposite Lisbon, and succeeded in carrying off 120 oxen and cows, and about 40 horses grasing in the pasture grounds. Detachments of troops were immediately sent over from the arsenal, and west in pursuit of the ma rauders, but could not overtake them. Most of the cattle have, however, made their escape, and returned. The enemy occupies the most fertile corn districts o❑ the Alemtrjo, but the destruction of the windmills at Pernas will greatly distress him for the want of flour at Santarem, and compel his troops to eat their wheat in the grain, a mode of subsistence first practised during the Peninsular war by the French army under Marshal Soult, when, during the great heat of July and August, 1109, previous to the battle of Talavera, all the rivulets falling into the Tagus, were quite dried up, and the few mills on that river could not supply so large a quantity of flour as the army required. The Commirsaire Ordonnateur en Chef, Le Noble, to avert absolute famine, and the necessity of a retreat, fell on the happy idea of preparing wheat in such a way that it could be consumed unground. Soult tasted and approved it by an order of the day, and it has since been repeatedly practised. Admiral Napier is this evening expected back from St. Übes, and until then nothing positive can be known of the state of affairs in that quarter. Brigadier-General Bacon arrived last night from the headquarters at Carraxo, where nothing fresh had occurred, or was likely to take place, otherwise the Commander of the Queen's cavalry would hardly have absented himself. The rainy season is first expected before further operations are undertaken, that the enemy's cavalry, which is greatly superior in numbers, may not be able to act. On Thursday an incident of a tragical nature caused a great deal of sensation. Early in the morning of that day General Fromont committed suicide. He shot himself through the heart, at his quarters in San Pedro d'Alcantara. Having held a high rank in the French army, and distinguished himself in Napoleon's campaigns, he came out to Oporto last winter with Marshal Soliguac, and received a commission in Don Pedro's service ; but was shortly afterwards obliged to return to France on account of ill health. In Paris he received sub sequently, it is said, a flattering invitation from the Emperor to join again the liberating army in Portugal, with a promise of the command of a separate corps. lie involved himself in debt in con.equence thereof, partly for his own equipment, and partly by advances to officers who were to accompany him. However, on his arrival at Lisbon, his services were slighted by the Minister of Wir, and not immediately obtaining the redress he expected, the circumstance preyed so much on his mind, ■nd wounded his feelings, that be committed the rash ace, as the phrase is, with certain letters and an exposé de motifs lying open before him. His funeral was to have taken place yesterday afternoon ; but, by superior orders, the hour was altered to half-past eleven in the morning. Many individuals purposing to attend it were thus disappointed. Still the French military officers at present here, and the naval gentlemen belonging to the French corvettes anchored in the Tagus, as well as a great number of British officers, amongst whom was Sir John Doyle, I am told, and some Portuguese, followed his re mains to the grave. On Thursday the Franciscan friars, who were arrested some time ago on a charge of conspiracy with a person of the name of Da Cunha, and who have been lodged ever since on board the Don Pedro hulk, were removed to the prison■ of the Castle of St. George. The finances appears to be in a very flourishing condition; the army is regularly paid, as well as the navy and the labourers in the arsenal, where Admiral Napier (Viscount d'Cabo San Viscomte) has introduced such order and regularity that more work is done in it in a week than was, before his time, in three months, as he insists that every one is duly paid, and exacts afterwards a correspond. ing quantum of labour. I am assured by persons con ❑ected with the Bank, where now all the Government payments are issued, that there are funds in hand sufficient to answer all the exigencies of the State for 12 months to come, supposing even that nothing else should become tangible. Don Pedro possesses in an eminent degree that virtue which is so rarely found among Princes borne to a throne —namely, economy. He declined to inhabit the magni ficent Palace of Ajuda, solely because it would entail on the nation a large expenditure to keep up a suitable establishment, or even to light it up merely, and con tented himself with the humbler residence of Necessidade. Sir John Doyle goes to-morrow or next day in the William IV. steamer to Falmouth and Liverpool. Don Miguel has ordered all the provinces under his command to arm en masse, and has materially augmented his cavalry; and on our aide we sent a reinforcement of 150 men (cavalry) to Cartaxo; and by a decree of the government, every man below 60 years of age is obliged `, ito enlist himself voluntarily; and those that do not will be taken by force, and compelled to serve, even after the war be over, which will not be the case with the volun teers, who will, immediately after the settlement, return to their homes. The Emperor is going with the Queen and his Duchess to Mafra for a few days, and on his return will revisit again head quarters. (From the Chronica of the 16th of November.) NOTICES FROM THE LIBERATING ARMY. In consequence of orders which his Imperial Majesty left with Marshal the Conde da Saldanha previous to his departure, on the Bth inst., from the army to the capital, that General ordered the 4th and sth division, commanded by Brigadier Joa Nepomuceno and Colonel Baron de Sa de Bandeira, to march upon Pernes to destroy the mills existing there. On the 11 th inst. these orders were executed with the desired end ; the mills and mill dams were entirely destroyed ; and thus the rebels are deprived of a great quantity of fliur which they drew from thence. The enemy who defended that point were not long in abandoning it, leaving some dead on the field, and 28 prisoners in our hands. On this occasion some soldiers fled from the ranks of the usurper, and united themselves to ours. The want of flour since this destruction has constantly gone on increasing in the Miguelite army ; and various soldiers who have recently passed over to us to beg for bread, affirm that they suffer they greatest priva tions. (From Periodiro, No. 94.) LissoN, Nov. Is.—We have received news from the army of operations; the attack made upon Pernes by a column of our troops was successful ; we took that posi tion, which the enemy defended with a force of 1,500 men, who were expelled, broke the dams, and destroyed the water-mills existing there, from whence the enemy derived some supply of flour for their troops. The rebels who were repelled in Pernes, not being able to retire upon Santarem, as their retreat was cut off on that side, took the direction of Pocinho. They lost in this attack many killed and wounded, and some prisoners and de. serters. Their destruction would have been complete if our artillery had arrived earlier, but which could not he effected on account of the bad state of the ro-ids, which much retarded its march. The desertion of some officers and soldiers from the enemy still continues, who say that the last deception with which the rebel chiefs entertain the hopes of their soldiers is, in asseverating that Joao Paulo Cordeire carried away to England a large quantity of jewels belonging to Don Miguel, with the produce of which he is to buy a powerful squadron, which will shortly appear off the Tagus ! Our advanced posts continue beyond the Ponte d'Asseca, within sight of Santarem. (From the Chronica to the 16th inst.) The Chronica, of the 13th inst., contains a notice from the Department of Ecclesiastical Affairs, relative to the above, which the board of health has stated to the Minister of the Interior to be committed in the interment of the dead, the bodies being sometimes interred out of the cemeteries, and sometimes when they are buried, scarcely covered with earth ; and that it often happens that they are left unburied till the next day, which seems to be done to excite in the people sentiments of aversion to the measures of the Government. As such proceedings way besides be attended with serious consequences to the public health, the Duke of Braganza orders that the Vicar General of the Patriarchate shall inquire in what parish such abuses have been committed, p iarly attending to the cemetery of Boa Morte, where it is alleged that many such have occurred. In case of dis obedience to the orders of his Imperial Majesty the priests guilty are to be suspended. A letter from the Corregidor of Ribs Tejo, of the 12th, from Villa Franca, says there is nothing new of import ance in this district (Comarea). The people are tranquil, and animated with the best spirit in favour of the legiti mate cause. FRENCH PAPERS. (From Galignani's Messenger of Thursday.) The Ministerial evening journal has the following :- 1 " The Government has received news from Madrid to the 12th inst. At that date it was not known there that the army of General Saarsfield, to which reinforcements had been seat daily, had made any important operation. However, a single movement of the General has been sufficient to force a corps of the insurgents to evacuate Briviesca in the utmost disorder. At another point of Castile, a Carlist chief, named Aguilar, hod been taken, with several of his band. On the side of Xativa, in the kingdom of Valencia, a band of between 200 and 300 men had proclaimed Don Carlos, but being surrounded on all sides by troops sent in pursuit of them, they very soon afterwards laid down their arms. The Madrid Gazette contains the promulgation of two decrees, one relating to the organization of the municipalities, and the ether to the wine trade." "A despatch from Bayonne, dated the 18th inst., announces that the insurgents were driven from before St. Sebastian by the garrison on the 17th. These bands, amounting to 2,000, after making a stout resistance, were completely routed, and led as far as Tolosa, leaving their dead and wounded. El Pastor made a sortie upon Ernani, and took and killed several men. The accounts from Ca talonia are still tranquillizing ; the good spirit of the people of that province is strengthened by the confidence with which they are inspired by the wise measures taken by the authorities in support of the cause of the young Queen. The feeble band formed in the environs of Val , ncia being attacked with vigour by detachments sent against them from Alcoy and Valencia, have laid down their arms in the village of 011erid. The Royalist Volunteers of Valencia, who left that town at the moment of disarma ment, finding no encouragement from the population, dis persed. The Apostolics who were arrested at Seo d'Urgel arrived on the 11th at Barcelona under an escort, and were deposited in the prisons of the citadel." • The following are the terms in which the Spanish Government announces the breaking off of relations with Don Miguel's Government, as contained in the Madrid Gazette of the 12th instant;—" The Government of the King of Portugal, Don Miguel, having prevented the embarkation of the Infante Don Carlos for the states of Rome, where he had been ordered to proceed by Ferdi nand VII., an order which the Government of the Queen Regent had again directed to be carried into execution ; and considering that the Government of Portugal has protected the intrigues and maehinations of the Infante Don Carlos against the legitimate succession to the throne of Spain, and the tranquillity of the country, by refusing to force him to take his departure, and by consenting to his being treated as King by the authorities of Portugal, notwithstanding the reiterated remonstrances of the Spanish Government, our Minister in Portugal, L. F. de Cordova, has demanded and obtained his passports. It has, at the same time, been intimated to the Charge d'Affaires of Portugal at our Court, that all relations between our Government and that of Portugal have ceased. Her Majesty the Queen Re gent, acting in concert with her august friend and ally the King of Great Britain, is occupied in endeavours to put an end to the calamities and desolation which oppress Portugal. The Queen Regent and the King of England have resolved to act conjointly as mediators between the belligerent parties, and, to insure the permanent repose of that country, promote the interests of the two mediating powers, and contribute to the maintenance of the general peace of Europe." The Indicalcur of I3ordeaux, of the 18th inst., has the following extract of a private letter from Madrid of the 7th General Lorenso, commander of a column of occupation in Navarre, has announced to the Minister of War, under date of the Ist, from Logrono, that, in consequence of the amnesty which he had published the day alter his arrival in that town, 500 rebels bad presented themselves, and made their submission, and the same number of muskets had been delivered up. Desertion had extended itself even to the bands commanded by the chief Cuevillas, who had been almost forsaken by his followers. Unhappy families, victims of per fidy and corruption, were hurrying forth to meet fathers, husbands, and children, holding out the amnesty that was to restore them to their homes. This news is confirmed by the military chiefs of St. Domingo, Calarda, and Najera. The rebellion of Rioja has been put down, and the leaders have been obliged to join the rebels of Alava. General Saarsfield, after announcing, under date of the Ist inst. in a despatch to the Minister, that he was about to begin his general movements, adds—' At this moment the corps, commanded by Cuevillas, which occu pied Peas and La Bure b a , no longer exists; at least 2,000 wren of those who were under his command forsook him the night before last, threw down their arms and equipments, and returned to the bosom of their families, abhorring the treason of those who called themselves their chiefs.'" Another letter of the same date says—" The Government having been apprised that several French officers proposed entering Spain, in order to join General Bourmont in Portugal, and the latter having left the ser vice of Don Miguel, has given orders not only to viscr the passports of those persons who may wish to enter Spain, either by land or sea, but to compel them to quit the kingdom immediately. The Captain-General of Gallicia has sent off a reinforcement of troops to Santona, escorted by the frigate Lealtad, not only to strengthen the garri son of that place, but to contribute to the destruction of the rebels, and the restoration of tranquillity to the country; 28 Royaliats i have been arrested and disarmed at La Granja. It is said that Cuevillaa,l being forsaken by almost all his men, has entered Reynosa, and committed all sorts of plunder and excess in that town. Account , from Menzanares of the 2d announce that the authorities of La Mancha are acting with the greatest energy against all who attempt to disturb the public tranquillity. It appears that the bandit and sanguinary priest Merino is exercising great atrocities on the inhabitants of the country he is traversing. 'We hear from a traveller to be relied on, coming from Aranda, that this brigand having pre , ented himself at a house where the master was absent, called his wife, and having stated to her his suspicions respecting her husband, ordered her two children to be brought before him, and murdered them with his own hand. A deed equally inhuman had been perpetrated by him a few days before. A poor beggar, who was going to Aranda, was met on the road by Merino, who said to him—' You are going, doubtless, to give some intelligence to my enemies;' the beggar having replied that he was going there in the hope of obtaining relief, Merino made answer—' I shall know if what you tell we be true,' and at the same time drawing a pistol, he laid him dead at his feet, giving orders to have him searched. What religion must that he which lives by murder and rebellion ; and what a priest he who murders in the name of a God of peace ?" This journal has also the following of the 12th from Calzada de Cala trava :—" Several arrests have taken place here ; among the persons in prison are the prior and the principal clerk (who is an ecclesiastic), as well as two other priests, and an individual named Moro." We take the following from the Revista Espanola of the 10th inst.:—" On the presentation of the British Ambassador, Mr. Villiers, our Sovereign was present at the audience, and the Queen Regent received him with all that graciousness which characterizes her, and the peculiar kindness which accords with those close relations of amity that subsist between tl•e two Crowns. After taking leave of the Queen, Mr. Villiers went to pay his respects to the Infantes Don Francisco de Paula and Do❑ Sebastian, and was received by them and their consorts with the greatest affability. The Archbishops of Seville and Valentia, the Bishops of Cadiz, Brihuela, Cuenca, Marcastro, Tuy, So lonna, Jaca, Ceuta, Valladolid, and Palencia, the political and military Governor of Altneria, the Intendants of Pa lentia, the Asturias, Arragon, and Burgos, have announced to the Minister the installation of several Juntas of charity, and have declared that the persons composing these Juntas are animated with the utmost anxiety fur developing the important object of public instruction." FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, N0v.21. Five per Cents., 102 f. 4Cc. 20c. 30c. Four per Cents., 90f. Three per Cents., 75f. sc. 75f. 74f. 90c. Bank Actions, 1,722 f. 50c. Rente de Naples, 91f. 50c. 10c. 20c. Roman Five per Cents., 89 881 i. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 16%N. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 30, %• Royal Spanish Loan, 7S. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 62% 61N Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 96%U. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 25f. 30c. Three months, paper, 25f. 20c.; money, 25f. I.Oc. —Cours Authentique. GERMAN PAPERS. DARMSTADT, Nov. 12.—T0 the prohibition of two o our journals—the Observer in Hesse, and the New Hessian Journal for the people—is added that of the Old Hessian Journal, published at Spires. This journal, which, as well as the new one, appeared under the auspices of M. E. E. Hoffman, had replied to the many articles lately published against the dissolved Assembly of the States, by the defence of it in the spirit of a moderate opposition. Immediately afterwards, a Mini sterial notification appeared in the Government Journal, by which it is prohibited in the Grand Duchy. The editor has announced that, under these circumstances, it ceased to appear for the present. The evident intention of all these measures is to keep the approaching elections as free as possible from the in fluence of the opposition papers. DRESDEN, Nov. B.—Some days ago several gentlemen from Prague and Vienna arrived on the banks of the Elbe. It is affirmed that the object of their meeting is to realise the plan which has already been conceived of uniting the Rhine with the Danube, and even to join the Rhine with the Elbe, by means of communications with the Danube and the Moldan, and then to force a passage by water to the Black Sea by way of Vienna, upon Semlin and Ne• oeopolis, as far as Vienna, and thence by the Black Sea to the Archipelago and the Mediterranean, and on the other hand by means of the Moldau and the Elbe, by way of Prague, Dresden, Magdeburg, and Hamburg, with the Baltic and the German Ocean. As there is already a communication between the Danube and the Moldau, by the iron railroad, to B'idwers, it remains only to overcome the difficulties of the ❑avigation on the Moldau and the Elbe, especially by steamboats, and it is with this view that the gentlemen above mentioned have been commissioned by Austria to examine the two rivers. It is affirmed that the plan for uniting the Rhine and the Danube has already been adopted by the governments cencerned.— Frankfort Papers, Nov. 17. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GAR: IEN MARKET. There was a good supply at tl trade was rather dull, at little va :his morning's market, but the ariation from last week's prices. s.d. s.d. Potatoes (cwt.) Ca.ibages,Savoy(l2) 1 6 3 0 Ditto Red 0 0 5 0 Cauliflowers 1 0 2 0 Horse Radish(bundle) 4 0 6 0 Celery 0 6 1 0 Carrots ,12bunches) 4 0 7 0 Turnips Coleworts or Greens 2 0 4 0 Leeks ........ ....__ a. d s. (I. Spinach (half-sieve) 0 6 to 0 8 Apples 2 0 7 0 Pears 4 0 8 0 Quinces '3 0 5 0 Onions 2 0 2 6 Onions (pickling) Seville Oranges (100) 8 0 14 0 Sweet Oranges 5 0 10 0 Lemons 7 0 13 0 Walnuts Span. Chesnuts (peck) 4 6 6 0 French ditto French Walnuts 4 0 6 0 Spanish tiazlenuts 4 0 6 0 Brazilian Nuts 3 0 4 0 Turnip Raddishes 1 0 161 For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 8 2 6 English, Forced 1 0 2 0 Filberts Pine Apples (lb.) Melons (each) 4 0 8 0 HAY M A RKETS.--; At per Load 0136 Trusses.) CU M FiEKL AND. Supply moderately good, trade dull, and prices barely stationary. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 5 to £3 10 New Meadow Hay 3 15 4 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 15 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 5 4 10 Clover Hay 4 5 5 10 Oat Straw £1 6to £1 8 I Wheat straw... 1 8 110 SMITHFIELD. Clover Hay ss. per load lower than last qUoted ; prices other stationary. Supply moderate, and trade dull. Cuarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 0 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay 3 10 4 5 Useful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ..... 4 0 4 5 Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s o... Generally ') at Straw ... £1 4to £ I 6 I Wheat Straw 1 8 1 10 7 - - , HUNGE'III ORD. Supply rather limited, trade very dull, and prices as last quoted. Coarse Meadow Hay £3 0 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay 3 5 4 5 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay 4 0 4 5 Clover Hay 3 15 5 5 Oat Straw ... £ 1 sto .£1 81 Wheat Straw-- 1 8 1 10 THE FINE ARTS.—The Third Session of the Artists' London Conversazione commenced last evening at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill. There was a very numerous attendance of both the old and new members. There were also many amateurs and patrons of the arts present. The number of works in painting and sculpture were likewise numerous, as well as the drawings. Those we thought most deserving of atten tion were a beautiful small picture of " Cupid and Psyche," by Etty, R.A. ; some fine drawings by Turner, R. A. ; some very clever drawings of the old school of water colour painting, by Girtin. There was also an in terestin4 collection of Continental scenery by C. L. Stanfield, A.R.A. In the historical branch of art there were excellent designs by the venerable Stothard, R.A. This venerable man is now in the 80th year of his age, of which period be has been nearly 40 years a " Royal Academician." TRADES' UNION.— Appearances indicate an a pproaching struggle between the operatives of this town and their employers, which, we are afraid, will be attended with en almost total suspension of business for a time, unless a compromise take place. During the past week it is said that upwards of 800 of the workmen have joined the Trades' Union, and entered into engagements with each other, under the sanction of an oath, which is im. posed on every member ; but the terms of this compact are kept a profound secret. Their object, however, is understood to be the protection of labour, and for this purpose they have adopted the forms and ceremonies of the Freemasons or Odd-fellows. These proceedings, connected with what has transpired at Manchester, Leeds, and other places, have aroused the attention of the manu facturers, who have bad several meetings during the week, but nothing has transpired respecting their intentions. It appears, however, the workmen themselves are apprehen sive their employers will follow the example of the Leeds manufacturers, and try to break up the Union by refusing to e mploy any of the members. On Tuesday last, Mr. Frost, the silk manufacturer, discharged one of his hands ; for what reason we have not heard, but as soon as it was known in the manufactory every member of the Union left his employment, and refused to return, unless the dis carded workman was taken on again. With this Mr. Frost refused to comply, and they all left ; in consequence his works have been standing ever since... Derby Reporter. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1833. The Paris Papers of Thursday, which arrived this morning, are still barren of important facts respecting the operations of the contending parties in Spain. The accounts which they do contain are not such as to enable the public here to form an opinion as to the prospect which the QUEEN REGENT has of putting down the insurrection with the means now in her posses sion ; but we have no doubt of the correctness of the opinion which we offered at the beginning of the contest, viz., that, whatever may be the success of the QUEEN in quelling the insurrec tion for the moment, the final, and not very distant, result of the present struggle will be the establishment of a constitutional system. It appears by a letter from Madrid in one of the French papers, that some doubts were entertained there of the fidelity of SAARSFIELD to the Government, a sus picion which we have for some days past entertained, and which will be resolved into cer tainty if an opportunity should offer without compromising the General's safety. There is little fear, however, of his joining the partisans of CARLOS. If he should be able to use the means which he has for a great purpose, it will be to proclaim a Constitution. A morning con temporary here says General SAARSFIELD is understood, in his principal operations, to be acting in concert with the French commanders on the other side of the frontier, who have ad vised him to strengthen his positions on the Ebro, in order to keep the insurgents confined as much as possible to the northern provinces, and to drive them, as fit occasions may offer, into the French territory, where due care will be taken of them. This, however, is an impro bable statement. The French Government cannot be very anxious for another influx of refugees, particularly those of a class whose e presence in France s sm ent. Thetak occasioning care of considerableth them also would be attended with an expense which the present economical Minister of Finance would be very unwilling to incur. The same paper alludes to a report that in many parts of Spain a very strong feeling is beginning to take place among the people against the monks, and that exciting songs and pasquinades, calculated to in crease that feeling, have been issued. " Hence," says our contemporary, " an expectation seems to prevail, that the civil war with which Spain is threatened will assume the shape of a contest between the people and time ecclesiastics." We fear it will not be very easy in many of the Spanish provinces to excite a teeling against the monks, but should it be practicable, the result would be of little service to the existing government. Where the people of Spain are sufficiently enlightened to throw off the yoke of the priest hood, they will not hesitate to give their co operation to the liberals, who are labouring to establish a Constitution. We have inserted, in another column, ac counts from Spain to the 12th instant. The Madrid Gazette contains an official document, by which all relations with Don MIGUEL are broken off, on the ground of the support and encouragement he has given to Don CARLON ; will and it is added, that the QUEEN R.EGgN I use her efforts to bring about the pacification o Portugal, by her mediation. In this do cument there is no recognition of the authority of °)e Queen of PORTUGAL, although we were aB' sured by the French Government, several wee " s ago, on the pretended authority of a teleg re P hi , n despatch from Ilayonne, that the recognitio n had formally taken place. M. ZEA }3ERIvIUDE S i t ° seems, although willing to break off with 131°n MIGUEL, is not disposed to recognize the present Government of Portugal, withou t 1" structions from the Holy Alliance. to e g r r ciously, however, offers his mediation fr t " . settlement of the difference between the two brothers. He seems to forget that he ha s t° put down the Carlists in Spain, and to keep the Liberals from rising, before he can throw h' s mighty weight into the scale of Portuguese dissension. It is really ludicrous in a Ministe r ' who finds it difficult to maintain himself, even in the capital of his own country, to offer h is mediation towards the settlement of the affairs of Portugal. With the letters from Madrid, there has been received a Carlist paper, called the Madri d Gazette, printed in the capital. The police must have been very negligent, or the conductors of this journal very bold, to print a paper tie; voted to Don CARLOS under the very nose 0 the QUEEN REGENT. We have received Frankfort Papers to th e 17th inst. Their contents are not important• VIENNA, Nov. 12.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 93 7-16 ; Four per Cent. 87 i; Bank Shares, 1,20 Allyemeine Zeitung, Nov. 17. By the arrival of a steam packet at Falmouth' we have received accounts from Lisbon to th e 1 17th inst. On the 15th the Miguelites con' , - 1 tinned at Santarem, and it seems that the inter tion of bombarding the city was abandoned'. , hopes being entertained that the rebel girl would be starved into a surrender, or at /eas t another flight. Some corn mills, from which the city drew its supply of flour, had bee n attacked, and, after a vigorous defence, carried by the Constitutionalists. The Miguelites wil l sustain considerable inconvenience from this proceeding, but we are informed that, wit h the exception of flour, they are abundantly supplied with provisions. Private but authentic accounts from Lisbon state, that an immense number of persons ha d arrived there from St. Übes, which they ha d quitted in haste, after the loss of Alcacer do SA where the Miguelites had committed the mos t horrible atrocities, giving no quarter, and intl l " dering women and children in the streets. Th e inhabitants of St. Übes, dreading the approach °', the Miguelites, and the perpetration of simiLle atrocities, fled in crowds on the first news of th e capture of Alcacer, but the subsequent inaction .-1 of the rebels, and the arrival of reinforcemeg ts from Lisbon, had restored confidence. Don PEDRO is stated to have announced his intention of modifying his Ministry, but without calling in the aid of the Duke of PALNIELLA• It was believed that the brother of the M ar quis , of FUNCHAL, a distinguished Nobleman °I ultra-liberal politics, who is now in Braeilf would be invited by the REGENT to proceed t° Lisbon, and place himself at the head of th e Ministry. Of all the dinners and meetings which hal lately taken place to bring the constituency in their representatives together, that which appel rs t . to have terminated most to the satisfaction 0. all parties is the dinner given to Sir HO Ifir a PARNELL at Dundee. The independent 01 t enlightened electors of that borough must feel proud of their choice. Sir HtN it ! PARNELL hardly gave a pledge which he did not take an opportunity of redeeming in the course of the session. Had others been equs i anxious to discharge their duty, the cause of t he people would not so often have been in a min o rity. The ballot would have found 100 1 supporters, Mr. TENNYSON'S motion for a rePe ci s of the Septennial Act might have triump hed the Bank might not have obtained the destr uc i. tive power it has, and, finally, the question ° a the Corn Laws would not have been sh irk on three successive occasions, twice in the HO: - of Commons and once in the House of Lo ra. ; Some of the faults of the past session cs one' d for years be redeemed, but there are many, ° I/ these upon important subjects, which ° 1 " . The Bank Charter question cannot be sti rred ' the slavery question is settled, but the ballot, a more equal distribution of taxes, an offoi ll publication of the votes of Members, .an d 11 1 . repeal of the Corn Laws, are all questi°. ° , which may be agitated in the next and ensulrT, sessions, if not with success, certainly with be oeo It will behove Members who have not so gots,- an account to render of their first session in reformed Parliament as Sir HENRY PAR NS . ii s f e to take care that their future votes on t :l,es o points be more consistent with the ' s of their constituents than they have b a t he Lord BROUGHAM, when a Member 0 ' i f it Lower House - , finely described the anxious eits to please which distinguished Parliament 0 . 6 0 . 0 1 hour of dissolution drew near, its constitutf far promises, its earnest expressions of reg al ' o v the welfare of the people, its deathbed rePfetite ance, as it were, at the apprehension 0 it, judgment that would be pronounced ur l irc If all this was felt by a boroughmongeriog. liament, half of whose Members were n ot pendent of popular election, what may vve o f expect from a Parliament every Menbe f r which will have to render an account free. stewardship to a constituency more or less, i peo All we would warn Honourable Gen 0 of is, that fine promises will not 11 0 dr so far as they used to do. There must he r ieg formance. The existence of boroughmongllo° was a kind of Bank Restriction Act, .0- 0 4 Members to issue as many promises 09 , 0 , a pleased, without being under the necess.ll to honouring them. The Reform Act 15 r °- P 11 operate like a return to cash payments, 01 e mising reform Members will find that th t i f sg a not only have to take up their presents V a l gol lt issues. The public now want gold, all (1 0 1 they will have. All, therefore ; who 3 e r , ready to make prompt payment must be P r ' to make room for those who will. PRICES OF FOREIGN F IJNTIS Austrian Bonds 94% Belgian Bonds 95 Ditto Account 515 Brazilian Bonds f1514 Ditto Account 65► 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds 222';4 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds ........ Ditto Account. Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 189 A 224 Ditto Account .2% Danish Bon 3 ... 72% 3 Ditto Accrunt — Oreek 80nd........" ............ 29 1;4 ' 1 Bonds, Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 27 Ditto Account _ Ditto, 8 per cent 3 4 14 Ditto Account 344 Neapolitan B9 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CGOCF. Paid. Per Share. Alton Mining Company £4 4 Anglo Mex. Min. &o. tics. at 5/. pm ) £lOO 8N Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 125 Brazilian Mining Company £s 1% Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 62% Ditto National 2O 17 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 1% Cata Branca Mining Company l% 4% Mritish Iron Mininv Comoanv £5O 26% Columbizn Minim, Co. fiss st 5/. pm.) 5134 12)4 English Mining Company IN 28 General Mining Association Hibernian Mining Co. £lO 4 Mexican Mining Co £4B 11)4 seal del Monte Mining Co....(tinrog.) 52 I rated Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 11% 11 Ditto New Scrip 5 1334 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO lIVO Protector Insiirance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co. ...... National Provincial Bank of England 5 5 434 514 Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland 2 , . 25 PRICES OF IRISH STOCI Rank Stock 214%1 Consols, 3 per cent Goy. Stock, 3% per cent 94li Ditto, New 94% I per Cent — I Goy. I)eb. 3% per cent 87% Royal Canal Stock 3O Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Rallaat Office Deb. 4 D. C. +0 1,4 !KS, DUBLIN, NOV. 20. ISt. Patrick lnsur.(porShare .Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F.12 31 Ditto, at sight ,c, 1 Rotterdam 2U. 12 31 Antwerp 12 5 Hamburg M.S. 13 11i Altona l3 Ili Paris, 3 days' sight 25 50 Ditto 2 U. 25 75 Bordeaux 25 80 Berlin Frank fort on Maine, Ex. M.:501 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective ft. 2 M. 9 55 Trieste d 0........ 9 56 Madrid 36% Cadiz 374 Bilboa Barcelona 364 Seville 36% Gibraltar 47 Leghorn 4BU Genoa 2 5 70 Milan 11 Venice 47 ' Naples Palermo per oz. 122 Lisbon 5O Oporto 5134 Rio Janeiro Bahia 3l Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight — Cork BULLION, Pint OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 0 , New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silverbars, standard I4AILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Hamburg 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 1 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 I France O Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 I Waterford 0 HIDE WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...56 minutes after 11.1 Evening... 0 minutes after 0. 'lin. k• - / , kf f ;;, ) rbr ."'" . efilr 7 - 4 k • - S DAY AT ONI , O'CLOCK. PRICES OF STOCKS THI t 51ank St«;,( , tper Cent. Red. B7 6% 3 per Cent. Cons. 87% % 3 , ;, per Cent Ditto Rct 95 % 4 New 3% per Cent. 96 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 4 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 386 0 ..... 16 13-18 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 3860 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1480 Jan. 5, 187,1 New 5 per Cont. India Stock Ditto Bonde 21_22 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuitie. New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 4O 41 pm. ;Ditto 500 4O 41'prr. I Ditto Small (Ditto Commercial !Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account ..... Cons. for Account B THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. (Peruvian Bonds ; Portuguese Bonds fiQ % Ditto Account 6QN Ditto New Bonds 6O ti Ditto Acconnt 60 , 4% Prussian Bonds lOl% Ditto Bonds, 18'22 103 Russian Bonds, 1822 112 y2 Ditto Account 102,c, Ditto 111 (Spanish Bonds, IRA 22% Ditto Ace. 03 2% Ditto Bonds, :823 2oi4; Ditto Account 0 0 4 , French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Exchange —f —c. 1-3 per cent —f, —c. - Exchange —f —c. Dutch, 2 p. c. 49' Ditto Account 49N i; Ditto, 5 p. c Ditto Account 93N 3 Frfmch Scrip 4y„ pm.