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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, JAN. 24.—The Journal of the Upper Rhine, under the head of Colmar, Jan. 24, con tains the following article : "The Paris Papers mention that the Sieurs Tel lier and Wahlble, Adjutant Sub-officer and Ser jeant-Major of the' 29th regiment, who, after the discovery of their plot, had fled to Porentruy, have been delivered up by the Grand Bailli. These two sub-officers had really been arrested at Porentruy, but they were shortly after re rtored to liberty, having as , mod the names of Castor and Pollux, between which and the - names Tellier and Wahlble, the police of that part of Switzerland discovered no resemblance. We have received some information respecting the articles found in the house of the Sieur Jean, advocate of Belfort. These articles con sist of two tri-coloured flags, and the cravats which were detached from them, 17 cockades with silver edges, 600 woollen' cockades, a coun ter-epaulette of a chief of battalion, 400 balls, and,about 1,200 cartridges. Some new sabres were found in the streets of Belfort, which bad been left there by the men who wished to elude the investigations of the police on the failure of the plot. The son of the Sieur Petit-Jean has tied, and the number of persons now arrested amounts to thirty-seven. " In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of the 14th instant, M. d'Argenson applied for leave of absence to examine the injury he had sustained from a domiciliary visit made in consequence of the discovery of the plot of Belfort. - We have received some positive information on this sub ject, from which it appears that M. d'Argenson will find no trace of violence in his house. A visit really took place, but could it not have been made to the residence of a man, whom M. d'Ar genson lodged in his house, and who had been arrested at Belfort ? This man is the Sieur Pe gulu, who was accused before the Court of Peers in 1820, and who had implicated in his escape the officer of the post to whose care he was intrusted. We know not what means of seduction were em ployed to corrupt this officer, even after the plot had failed ; but we know very well, and it is a fact of which nobody can be ignorant, that the Magistrates were charged to collect proofs of the crime, and that their first steps were naturally directed towa r d s th e res id ence o f t h e accused. We are assured that after his flight from Belfort, the Sieur Pegulu returned to , the chateau of M. D'Argenson to secure his effects, which, at all events, were not found there at the time of the domiciliary visit. Those who are unfor tunate enough to lodge a conspirator in their house must not be surprised at the legal mea sures of which their residence becomes the object; and .M. d'Argenson may be assured that in the present instance the Magistrates have only performed their duty. Some time ago, a decree of the Royal Court of Colmar might have con vinced M. d'Argenson of the same fact, in a case in which the Sieur Pegulu was likewise concerned. The latter had refused to shew his passport, and the officer of gendarmerie having t!.reatened to arrest him if he did not prove that lie possessed the legal right to travel, M. d'Ar genson prosecuted the officer of gendarmerie, and thereby constituted himself a civil party, by reason of the injury he had sustained from the loss of time occasioned by the explanations of -the Sienr Pegulu, who was in his service and pay. The Coart dismissed this singular demand, and M. d'Argenson may now see that the man for whom he said he was ready to answer at that time, well deserved to be compelled to fulfil an obligation which the law imposes on all subjects. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23. The debate was resumed on the law project relative to the offences of the press. M. de Bouville read a long speech in support of the law project. The Journal des Debuts being apprehensive that an analysis of M. de Bouville's oration would weaken his arguments, omits it altogether for the present, but promises to give it at length in a supplement. . M. Mechin addressed the Chamber. In the midst of peace, he found France full of disquie tude. Though, from political storms, the coun try anticipates dangers, we have been for six years under laws which have been incapable of producing concord. The nation is tormented by an internal disorder, the symptoms of which are manifest. Is the cause internal also ? No : it exists solely in the political faults of those who are daily exciting the public solicitude; for the in stability of the agents of power renders daily more remote the hope of adopting a steady course. No system can be fixed, when it is in j the hands of men of no settled political character; who to-day abjure on the Ministerial bench the principles which they defended as Deputies.— (Murmurs in different senses.)—The Constitu tional law itself, given up to the interpretations of diverging interests, is not secure against the constantly risin g pretensions of thos e w h o pos sess power. Tile Honourable Deputy then pro ceeded to trace the vicissitudes which the liberty of the Press has undergone since the invention of, printing. He reminded the Chamber that Henry IV. owed his establishment on the French throne to the Satire 11Ic'uzippee, and that it was the subjugation of the Press wader his reign which promoted the success of a society (the suits) whose re-appearance at present constituted the terror of all France, and which society had whetted the poniard which put an end to the existence.of that good King. One of the capital crimes charged against a prodigious man, who belongs now only to history, and who fell from a throne erected by innumerable triumphs—one of the capital crimes against him, in the act of forfeiture, was his having subjected to the Cen sorship of the police the liberty of the press, which had been established as a national right. But the violation of a right so sacred, which had precipitated the conqueror from the summit of the Tarneian rock, now made the Ministry ascend to the capitol. He concluded by moving for the rejection of the project. M. de Peyronnet (Keeper of the Seals) rose next. He spoke at considerable length in vindi cation of that part of the project which relates to attacks on religion. The protection afforded was indispensable ; and if it was due to any form of worship, it was stilt more so to the na • tional religion. The suppression of the word constitutional, which was attached by the law of the 17th of May to the words Royal Authority, had been made the subject of remark, and de scribed as an infringement of the Charter. This was as much a/mistake as the assertion that the suppression was recent. The word had not been suppressed by the Committee. It was not in the original project. Voice on the left.—We have made no such reproach against the Committee. M. de Peyronnet did not pOint out the mistake for the purpose of avoiding th e di scuss i on o f th e inconveniences which may belong to this omission, if 'any such exist, but nothing can be more easy than to justify it. Some deputies are of opinion that since the Charter has been given, all powers must proceed from it. That is certainly true ; but the maxim is susceptible of some important explanations. Powers preceded the Charter, and it would be very extraordinary were the Charter to prevent the passing of a law intended to secure respect to the very authority by which the Charter was given. He had heard disputes respecting power de facto and its limits, respect ing power de jure and its limits, but he never heard it denied that during the existence of the power de Ado, that is to say, before the Charter was granted to us, the power of the King did not reside in the person of the King. That right then pre ceded the Charter, and was independent of it. What has been the conseqeence of the silence of repressive laws on this subject ? That serious attacks have been directed against the Royal authority, with reference to times anterior to the concession of the Charter, and French juries have been found, with pain it must he stated—(laughter and mur murs on the left)—French juries have been found, who, adoptivg the strange and 'pernicious sophism, by means of which it had been at tempted to establish a distinction between the constitutional authority, properly so called, and the authority which preceded the promulgation of the Charter, have acquitted persons whose criminal doctrines it would be impossible to re peat here.—(Another movement on the left.) A voice on the left.—This, then, is the great evil ! M. de Peyronnet proceeded to defend the ar ticle of the project for punishing libels on classes of persons, which he considered as just as the punishment of libels on individuals. With re gard to the question of confiscation, he argued that no confiscation could take place when no thing was forfeited to the Exchequer. To sup press a Journal was the same thing as putting down any establishment in a town which might be injurious to the inhabitants; or as seizing goods oh the frontiers which might introduce con- tagion.—( Voices on the left, This is the argu ment of M. Chiflet's report over again.) M. de Peyronnet.—The amendment of the Committee which refers the offences of the Press to the judgment of the Royal Court has been made the subject of reproach against the Mi nisters of the King, and perhaps against the King himself.—(Violent agitation on the left.) M. de Girardin.—The King was never men tioned.—(Order, order.) M. de Lameth.—W e never speak of the King, but Ministers wish to cover their responsibility with the mantle of royal inviolability. M. de Peyronnet.—On account of this article, Ministers have been reproached with having con sented to the abolition of the Charter. If Mini- sters did consent to this change of jurisdiction, such an arrangement, far from being contrary to the Charter, is conformable to the very letter of it. The Charter maintained the institution of the Jury such as it existed. Now, the Jury was then ex clusively employed for the suppression of crimes; it had no jurisdiction over misdemeanour, still less over offences of the press, which, like all other offences, were subject merely to correctional penalty. Voice on the left.—lt is plain, then, that you adhere to the amendments of the Committee. M. de Peyronnet, in continuation, replied to some points in the speeches of MM. Etienne, Se bastiani, and Royer Collard. The last speaker had stated that democracy overflowed society every where—that it existed amongst us. This is true. He also stated that it was infused into ail our institutions. M. Royer Collard- 7 ,N0; I said precisely the contrary. M. de Peyronnet.—l affirm that my memory is habitually faithful--(Here he recapitulated M. Royer Collard's arguments).—lt was not sur prising that things so true and well expressed should be engraven on his memory. But as it was true that aristocracy heti:almost disappeared, and that democracy overflowed every thing, would it be right to increase the influence of the latter ? With respect to aristocracy, since it has been acknowledged to be merely a fiction, it is surely very inconsistent to pretend to dread its encroachments. There is but one question before the Chamber. Are attacks upon religion, upon the'Royal authority, upon the Chambers, and upon public functionaries, to remain unpunished ? Were the Chambers to abandon the care of their own dignity, they would be criminal towards society, at the head of which they weal placed. He must notice a phrase which had dropped from a pre ceding speaker (M. Payee de Vandceuvre.) That speaker asserted, that to propose such laws was to instigate the people to sedition and revolt.-- God forbid that these words should be regarded as an instigation, which the speaker never intended. God forbid also that we should do so much in justice to the French people as to think it neces sary to reply to such instigations. The French people despise and reject them ; they wish only for peace—the profound peace which their King has given them. (" Bravo" on the right.) Voice on the left—They wish for liberty! M. de Marcellus—They wish for the Bourbons! Other voices —Order ! order ! M. de Peyronnet repeated the words he had just used. He then adverted to the declaration of M. Etienne, that the present Ministers were not formed to govern according to the laws. The present Ministers, however, were subject to the laws, and would always govern by the laws. They would act with strict Impartiality, and that moderation which the laws prescribe ; but they would employ the force which the laws granted them, and which bad citizens only could wish to refuse them. The Minister descended from the tribune amidst marks of apprbbation from the right. M. Devaux spoke against the project. lie took for his text one of PascaPs.maxims ; namely, that the liberty of man consists in thought. flu regarded the suppression of the jury for offences of the press as equivalent to the ancient parlia mentary jurisprudence, which condemned a man without expressing the grounds of the condem nation. The whole law was, reducible to this— that the journals of the Opposition might be sup pressed at pleasure, and that no journals should be allowed except such as are written in the manner the Ministers approve. The debate was adjourned until to-morrow. The speakers first inserted stand in the follow ing order :—MM. de Kergorlay, Foy, (le Mot bron, Bignon, Clauzel de Cousergues, and d'Ar genson. The last-mentioned Deputy was pre sent during this day's debate. FRENCH FUNDS. Jan. 23, Five per Cents. Bank Stock 1540 f. c. JAN. 25.—Private letters from Vienna, (le serving of credit, announce that those Albanian tribes who have hitherto refused to make com mon cause with the Epirotes, have at length re solved on joiningg, the cause of the insurgents.— The 'Chimariots among others have furnished very considerable succours. All the fortified po sitions in Epirus and Arcarnania, which are still occupied by the Turks, are now attacked by the Greeks. We learn from Smyrna, under date the 15th of December, that tranquillity was partially re stored. In the night of -the 7th a fire broke out in the Turkish quarter, which reduced about 20 houses to ashes. A Judicial Officer, of high rank, has arrived from Constantinople, to make au in quiry into the events of November. FRENCH FUNDS. Jan. 21, Five per Cents. Bank Stock 1540 f. c. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, JAN. 24. The adjourned debate on the proposed Jaw respecting offences of the Press was resumed. M. de Kergorlay spoke in favour of the law project, and contended that it was more expe dient and constitutional to submit offences of the Press to the cognizance of the Judges than to Juries. M. Hermann next rose and voted against the proposed law, the real object of which was to oppress thought, to enslave the mind, and to give absolute impunity to the acts of the Administra tion. General Donnadieu followed, and addressed the Chamber at length in favour of the project. The Minister of the Interior (M. de Col-Were) also spoke in favour of the law; and their argu ments were opposed with great force and elo- quence by 111.ilignon and M. d'Argenson, who voted against it. The discussion was then adjourned to the following day,w hen M. Chifflet, the Reporter, will be heard in reply. The louse will then l proceed to the vote, and if the project be carried, as amended by the Commit tee, of which no doubt is entertained, the Cham ber will immediately take the articles into consi deration seriatim. VENICE, JAN. B.—(Extract of a Private Let ter.)—A vessel which left Missolonghi the 6th (18th) December has brought word that Omar- Vrione, Paella of Delvinon, who occupied the citadel of Athens, has capitulated conjointly with the Com man dant o f th Castle of Thebes, on condition of a free passage to Janina. The capitulation has been executed to the letter by the Greek Chiefs, Ulysses (Odysseus) and Pal laseas, and the two Turkish Commandants have arrived at Janina. The town of Athens was not burnt by Omar-Vrione, as had been reported. SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 14.—We received this morning he intelligence that Cadiz had submitted on the 10th to the order of the Government, and that Jauregui had resigned his command into the hands of Romarate, whom the King had appoint ed to succeed him. A fresh - popular commotion has broken out a Valencia. There was a great emigration towards Seville when the report was spread that the people of Cadiz had revolted against Jauregui. (Extract of a Private Letter.)-llis Majesty, it is said, saw with astonishment the submission of Cadiz and Seville follow so close the dismissal of the Ministry. CORTES EXTRAORDINARY. In the Sitting of the 10th the Cortes were in formed, that owing to jhe .indisposition of D. Francisco de Paula Escudero, Minister of Ma rine, the King had provisionally c on fid e d th e Department of War, with which he had been charged ad interim, to D. Josef Castalla, Under- Secretary of State for the same Department. In the Sitting of the J.2th, a copy of a letter from D. Salvador Sebastiano, dated Seville, Jan. 9, was communicated to the Cortes,announc ing that conformably to the orders of the Icing, he had taken the command of that town, and of the province, after having removed the obstacles which had, up to that time, opposed his entry. lle declares that D. Manuel de Valasco had much contributed to this result. BARCELONA, JAN. 9.—A commission has been appointed to consider what measures shall he adopt ed in case the King should not accede promptly to the wishes of Catalonia. This commission has decided that if the answer of his Majesty does not arrive by the 15th, this province will- pro claim its independence the next morning. The Regiment of Cordova has been admitted into Barcelona under the promise of adhering to the measures of the other corps. J AN. 12.—( Extract of• a Private Letter.) — I have only time to. inform you that General Riego is just arrived within our walls. His entry was quite a triumph. INDIA: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. By the late arrivals from India copies of an important correspondence between the Chief Se .cretary of the Governor-General in Calcutta, and Mr. 13-ucKiNGn.l3l, the Editor -of the Calcutta Journal, have been received, from which an opi nion may be formed of the present situation of the public press in India. In consequence of a letter which appeared in the Calcutta Journal, in June last, " On the Duties of Chaplains," the Chief Secretary, Mr. Bayley, called upon the Editor, by order of the Government, to state " the name, designation, and resi dence of the individual by whom the letter was communicated," as it appeared, in'the opinion of the Gevertior-General, to con tain insinuations extremely disrespectful to the Lord Bishop of Calcutta. The Editor, in answer, informed the Secretary, th a t th e Author was unknown to ilm, and that 'consequently he could not furnish thesinforniation required. On the 17th of July the Editor received a letter which con cluded with the following words :.___ • " I am thence, Sir, instructed to give you this inti ma ti on : should Government bserve that you persevere in acting on the principle which you have now asserted, th ere w ill b e no previ ous discussion of any case in which you may be judged to have violated those laws of moral candour and essential justice, which are equally binding on all descriptions of. the community. You will at once be apprised that your license to reside in India is annulled; and you will be required to furnish security for your quitting the country by the earliest convenient opportunity. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) ‘ 4 W. B. BAYLEY, Chief Secretary to Government. " Council Chamber, July 17, 1821." The Editor endeavoured to excuse and to justify his proceed ing in a letter addressed to Mr. Bayley, which concluded with the following words : " I beg you will further assure his:Lordship in Council, that if the laws of my country are to be my future guide, I shall bow to the decisions of its tribunal with all due respect ; if the written and defined restrictions issued on the removal of the censorship be made my rule of action, I will endeavour as faith . fully to adhere to them; even if the censorship he restored, I shall still acquiesce in the common submission exacted from all, by a power which, whether legally or illegally exercised,:no in dividuallike myself could hope successfully to resist. • " But if so severe a punishment as banishment and ruin is to be infdcted on a supposed violation of the laws of moral can dour and essential justice, of which I know not where to look for any definite standard, I fear that my best determinations will be of no avail. My path will be so beset with dangers, that I know of no way in which I can escape the risk of such supposed viola tions—when those who are at once to be both judges of the law and the fact, may at the same moment make the accusation; pronounce the sentence, and' carry it into execution—except by relinquishing entirely an occupation thus environed with perils, from which no human prudence could ensure an escape. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient Servant, (Signed) "J. S BUCKINGHAM." " Calcutta, July 27, 101- On the 10th of August the Editor received the following and final reply : "SI It-I am directed by his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor-General in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th ult., and to inform you that the letter in question has produced no change in the sentiments and re solutions of Government, already communicated to you on the 17th ultimo. - " I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, ,' (Signed) "W. B. BAYLE Chief Secretary to Government. " Council Chamber, A ug . 10, 1821." CAPTAIN ALDHAM. " We have been requested to publish the fol lowing correspondence. It has already appear ed in the pages of both our contemporaries, but testimonies so honourable to all concerned can not be too widely circulated, and we therefore lend our aid in giving such additional publicity to the letter to and from Captain THOMAS ALD.. HAM of the ship 117offat."—(11Iadras Courier.) TO CAPTAIN THOMAS ALDIIAM. Commanding the Ship Moff a t. DEA SlD.—The period has at length arrived when our So ciety is to separate, and many of your guests are about to take their leave of you, in all probability for ever--permit us, how ever, to delay the parting word, while we may express our most grateful sense o f th e un i nterrupte d k indness and attention we have collectively and individually experienced from you during our protracted passage from England. The continual and unwearied solicitude evinced by you to contribute to our happiness on every occasion ; the unceasing anxiety manifested in the adoption of every measure in the least conducive to our convenience ; and the earnest desire you have ever indicated to increase and enhance our comforts by every possible means,, have indeed amply confirmed the high reputation youi liberality and attention had previously esta blished ; and we feel it would have been impossible to-have de nied ourselves the gratification of thus publicly recording our sincere t.nd heartfelt acknowledgments, united with the most earnest wishes for your long c.mtinued and increasing hap piness and prosperity. And now farewell ! Be assured, dear Sir, that however widely we may for the future be / separated, the tidings of your welfare will be greeted by us 41 with delight and satisfaction, and that you will ever live in our recollections associated with sentiments of the most perfect esteem, respect, and friendship. We remain, dear Sir, T'our's ever faithfully, (Signed) D. Foulis, Lieut.-Col. madras Cavalry; Henry C. M. Cox, Lieutenant 29th Regiment Bengal N. I. ; W. Tur ner, Lieutenant 27th Bengal N. I.; J. Henderson, Assistant Surgeon Bengal Establishment ; Edwin Dawes, Bengal N.I. ; Henry Bower, M.N.I ; Henry Hall, M.N.]. John Butler, 8.N.1. ; C.; Butler, • M.N.I. ; C. H. Higgins, B.A. ; G. H. Sotheby, M.N.I. ; S. H. Noble, M.N.I. ;• M. Beauchamp, M.N.!. ; D. Kinlock, ; J. W. Goldsworthy, M.N.I. W. R. Foskett, ; W. H. M. Short, M.N.1.; C. Hall, N1.N.1. ; J. Richardson, M.N.I. ; 0. Gibson, 31.15L1.; C. A. Kerr, M.N.C. ; E. C. Manning, M.N.1.; A. L. Coventry, ; H. Williams M.C. S. Ship Moffatt, June 11, 1821. TO LIEUT.-COL. D. FOULIS. Dian SlR—Permit me to say that my surprise was very great upon receiving a letter from you containing the expres sions of the united sentiments of yourself and the other Gentle men whose names are subscribed to the document to which I. allude, having no idea that my perseverance in a mode of con duct calculated to insure the utmost comfort in my power to every individual on board during the voyage • would by any means deserve tho se warm encom i ums which you have thonght proper to pass upon my exertions. I really feel much at a loss to make a choice of language suitable to the distin guished manner in which you have complimented me ; this only, san I say, that actuated by principle, 1 felt it a paramount duty - to sedulously study the general comfort and convenience of all. I never shall forget the numerous instances which 1 have received of its being the principal wish of you all to ren der my burden as light as possible, and I should deserve to be branded as a man devoid of feeling, could I say otherwise than that i am almost overwhelmed by this expression of your kind ness, and shall keep the record thereof with pride. To the junior individuals I beg to return my sincere wishes that in their journey through life, they may always act with that pro priety and decorum they have shewn whilst on board; and to all 1 can with heartfelt truth assure you, that there is not a wish individually dear to each heart but that I hope will be fully enjoyed. _ _ beg that you will lay this expression of my sentiments be. fore each Gentleman, and believe me with lively gratitude, to subscribe myself, , Your's, very much obliged and gratefully, ' THOS. W. ALDHAM. Ship Moffat, Madras Roads, June 21, 1821. An alarming fire broke out on Saturday morn ing about one o'clock, on th e ex t ens i ve prem i ses of Messrs. Rohde and Co., sugar refiners, in Le man-street, Goodman's-fields,which consumed the back warehouse and stables in which it originated ; the. fire raged until near six o'clock, soon after which it was entirely extinguished without injury to their adjoining buildings, a plentiful supply of water being obtained from the well upon their premises, by means of their steam-engine, and the ready assistance afforded by the firemen of the various insurance companies and other/indi viduals. The loss is estimated under 4,0001., and we understand the premises are insured. S 11 Y R ►Extract of a Letter from a Young Gentleman at Smyrna, 0 , November 25, to his Friend is Glasgow, received this' ing : " I embrace the opportunity of a ship of wa t r to Salonica, to inform you of our welfare, ° withstanding ano th er h orr ibl e explos i on o f tle brutal and terrible irritation of our Turkish P pulace, on Monday last, the 19th instant, about 200 poor defenceless Greeks were ernoy s sacrificed before our eyes — ~c urses upon the ht'a of the lead er s an d a b e tt ors o f revolut i on -the blood of the butchered victims cries aloud again s , them, no less than against those infernal inotis frr :i whO are tilling our streets with desolation, ft tearing our h ear ts with anguish. O n a ccoun t of the sudden departure of this conveyan cP ; I cannot be pa r ti cu l ar w ith t h e d eta i ls ; sak e it that I now need only pen a few partied: lars. The unsatisfactory position of Russi at e. negociations, . the continued successes of ° l t Greeks in the M orea , an d t h e vaunt i ng o f their ships upon our neighbouring coasts, keep stirril up the embitt ere d f ee li ngs o f t h e Turks, 8/,1 our city, unfortunately for it and us, affords t' e. only example where lawful authority is set aside' and the populace act at their own discreti°?' Our Paella has not the courage to assert 'power, therefore his orders are not ' re aarciel Previous to th e 19 t h, th e ill- n a ture of ale tP° ), was manifest enough,' and, unfortunately, t he French Consul has, from feelhvis of wi nitfr been embarking Greeks, against the orders of tile . j: Pacha, an i n t er f erence w hi c h h as tended to (. rect the exasperation of the Turks against the Franks—on e or t wo were kill e d on the 19t h, an d ~ out part of the to wn was th reatene d to be set 4 to. We are n ow well protected by o ur shlP3 ° war, who are assembling in port, and will aveng e any act of insult or outrage that may be co rn ' mitted on us or our habitations. The Tufks n r . e t : afraid, on this account , f rom t h e di sposit i ons , are made. Affairs have become more tranqu il ' and there is to-day every appearapce that tra quillity will again prevail, and that business w"„• be permitted to resume its peaceful avocations . -(Glasgow Courier, Jan. 24.) PRICE 01 THIS DAY AT Tv flank Stock 233 i: 3 per Cent. Red. 7 6 3$ 3 per Cent. Cons.... 76 75 7 - 76 4 per Cent • 96. STOCKS EE.vF o'cror K. 5 ner Cent. Navy Ann__ 1071 i Irish 5 per Cents 191,4 Old Annuities Cons. for February HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOZIORR 01,1 ;" Mornin4, 56 minutes after 6. lEvenini;, 20 minutes after THE Su:N. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSU M AUDE4T • 2 LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1822. We received this morning the French Paper s of Thursday and Friday, from which we giro Extracts in a preceding column. They are chiefly engrossed with the debates on thc Pr P. ' posed Law for the Controul of the French r r es 5 which in all probability will be adopted by t ue Chamber of Deputies, as amended by the C°' ° ' mittee to whom it was referred. The accounts from Madrid contain the imP°r: taut intelligence that Cadiz has followed th e example of Seville, and submitted to the order s of the Government. In both those towns The di s " obedient Commanders of the troops had resigned their commands into the hands of the Office' s who had been appointed by the KING to succe ed them. The whole of Andalusia may now be sai d to have returned to their duty; and we con - dently hope that the event will have the effect of reducing Catalonia to obedience, which still con' tinues opposed to the constituted Authorities d Spain. The citadels of Athens and Thebes have ca pitulated to the Greeks; and we have' pleasure hi observing that the affairs of Greece are pr"- gressively improving. Extract of a Letter, from Curacoa, Dec. 1. , " The American squad ron , so anx i ous l y l oo k(' for in these seas, has at length arrived at S t ' Bartholomew's, consisting of the Hornet, Enterprize, Porpoise, Shark, and Grampus, w hit:" no doubt, ere long, will clear these seas o f tb° numerous pirates.—An insurrection has broken out among the slaves on several plantations nea r Surinam, and one white man had been murdere d ' The ringleaders have been arrested and s e nt t°' Paramaribo. General JOSEPH ANTONIO PA" arrived at Caraccas on the 15th Nov. with ° strong division, after having left an adequatescorc ° on the line against Puerto Cabello, and 700 men in the valleys of A ragua , t o a tt ac k G ene ra' Mon ALES." Extract of a Letter from St. Thomas's, Dec. 3 • " Flour has fallen to n i ne d o ll ars , an d can o° . : be sold at that price. —A schooner has arrive'''. from La Guira. The Expedition from Pol., Cabello has failed of s uccess , ow i ng to one ° the independent cruizers having captured a irao si port, and had tim e -t- o ap p r i ze hi s compatr i o t s °, the impendiug danger; an d w h en the Spaniards attempted ea landing to windward of La Guira, they found the other party prepared to receive, them with superior f orces .—A sma ll p i ra tic al schooner, containing 10 men, was taken off Cub B ' a few days since, by some volunteers, and th e whole of them put to the sword." IRELAND.—We are happy to state that a veil satisfactory explanation has been given of th e affair in which Captain HuNGERFoRD was allege d . to have shot one of his prisoners in cold blood' It appears, in the first - place, that Captain 11 1 / :" GERFORD was not present at all during the trans' action, but that the party of Yeomanry, Which Cons Was first The eve n any the mars 1 )1. 0. 1 () f tl far ( leavi va tic 1- eor of h e roep °rde r