The Sun. — London, England, 1822-01-07 00:00:00

y.sti please. You will always have at your com mand Moithes and Petards. Hence, gentlemen (continued the Keeper of The Seals), the two provisions which form the basis of the new law. By the first you authorize the ,investigating and judging the real objects anti habitual tendency of periodical journals. This a new but necessary measure. It is the indis pensable condition of the suppression of the cen saohip. Our language has too much flexibility, and the French mind has too much vivacity, to leave among us any difficulty in the way of writ. hug culpable things, to which the Judge never can apply the strict and positive definition re quired for offences.—(Agitation on the ;eft. The President rang his bell, but could with difficulty restore order.)—A moral appreciation is, there . fore, necessary for an act, the responsibility of which, though perfectly evident, is nevertheless disguised under outward forms, which elude the precise provisions of general laws. It is impos sible to deny that a certain number of articles of this kind must necessarily be more reprehensible and more dangerous than a single phrase, the consequence, perhaps, of inadvertency, in which might be found all the characteristics of the fact -which in the eye of the law constitutes offence the or crime. The right of judging presupposes a tri . banal by which it is exercised :to which tribunal , then, will you, gentlemen, intrust the important right you are about to establish ?—We propose to give it to . the Royal Courts.—(Broken mur murs on the left.) Several Voices.—This is the establishment of a Star Chamber. The Minister repeated the phrase.—We pro pose to give it to the Royal Courts. As the sentence will be pronounced in a solemn au dience.—(Fresh agitation. Several Members on the left speak, and interrupt the Minister.) M. Ganihl.—At Constantinople—(Murmurs on the right, and cries of hear, hear!)- 7 -The number of Magistrates who will concur in pro nouncing it will afford to society, and to the ac cused, all the guarantees which can justly be re quired.—(More agitation.) , M. Guilhem.—Not more guarantees than are afforded by Juries chosen by your Prefects. M. G irardin.—There was no occasion for with drawing the other law project. M. Etienne and INT. Bignoth—The Censorship was much better. The Minister resumed.—By this combination will be formed an assemblage of grave and stu dious men, whose minds are in general more par ticularly habituated to that exercise which the judgment of such acts presupposes and renders necessary.--(lncreased agitation.) —For some years past persons have affected to cast doubts on the independence of the French tribunals. — (Noise and ironical murmurs.) M. A. de St. Aignan.—There are good reasons for not putting much faith in that independence. —(Continued interruption.) Other voices.—You increase at your pleasure, and are constantly increasing, the Members of the Royal Courts. . . . There are no places is them except for your friends. Will not the promotions be all at your disposal ? • Voices on the right —Order, order! The President (after ringing his hell.)—When the King's Ministers are proposing the plan of a law, no one ought to deliver an opinion upon it, nor make any reflections whatever. NVhatever may be your sentiments, the Charter and the roles of the Chamber require that every law pro ject should be referred to the Bureaux. Reflec tions of the kind which have been made by Members in their places, is an open violation of the rules. M. de Lameth.—Why do the Ministers them selves take upon them to violate the charter?— (Tumult. Voices on the right—" Order! order!") The Minister began again by repeating the same passage.—For some years past persons have affected to circulate doubts on the independence of the French tribunals.—(Renewed agitation.)— They do not deserve that calumny. We will not assert that the irremoveability of the Judges places them above all suspicion ; but what is bet ter, we will declare that their conduct has con stantly belied the insinuations of their detrac tors.—(lnterruption on the left.)—What we have just proposed would be sufficient under ordinary circumstances ; but should unfortunate times ar rive, and should the inundation of licentiousness be such that these barriers cannot restrain it, the State must not be left without defence. Pru , deuce requires that there should be provided in reserve a more extensive, but temporary power, for averting dangers, the very magnitude of which would shorten their duration. The cen sorship might then become accidentally neces sary.—(A long and violent agitation.) Voice on the left.—Accidents can always be found. M. B. Constant. —This Is the continuation of the slavery of the journals. Every thing• concurs (resumed the Minister) to persuade us that those fatal events will not again occur amongst us ; but it is useful to pre vent them, and trtere is no security so great as to authorise legislators wilfully to leave in an imperfect state those laws on which the peace and even the existence of society depend. Such, Gentlemen, are the grounds of the law project, of which it is now only necessary that we should read to you the details. LAW PROJECT. " Louis, &c.:—We have ordered and do order that the law project of which the tenor follows, shall be presented to the Chamber of Deputies by our Keeper of the Seals, Minister Se cretary of State for the Department of Justice, whom we charge with the explaining of the motives and the supporting of the discussion thereof. " Art. 1. No journal or periodical writing devoted wholly fig in part to news or political matters, and appearing either regularly and on a fixed day, or by numbers (livraison), or ir regular, can be established and published without the authority of the King. "This provision does not apply to the ,journals or periodical publications existing on the lit of Jan. 1822. " 2. The copy of each sheet or number of the periodical papers or journals which is required to be delivered in the Pre fectures, sub-Prefectures, and Mayoralties, in virtue of the law of the 9th of June, 1819, shall be deposited at the bar of the King's Attorney for the place where the said paper or journal is printed. 6 6 3. In the case in which the spirit and tendency of a perio dical writing or journal may be of a nature injurious to public peace, to respect for the relieion of the state, and the other reli gions legally recognized in France, to the authority of the King, and to the stability of the col:di:Undone' institutions, the Royal courts, within the Jurisdictions in which they shall be establish ed, may, in a solemn audience, and after having heard the At. torney-General and the parties, suspend such periodical writing or journal, Or ei,,en suppress it, if they see occasion." The reading of the articte was here interrupted by a violent explosion of murmurs. All the left broke out at once in excla mations. M. Guilhern—Se.id your law to Constantinople ! Bignon—lt is unqualified despotism, • M. de Girardin—They wish to make us regret the loss of the Censorship. Amidst the confusion of voices, the Keeper of the Seals with difficulty got through the last.paragraph of article 3, which is as follows : " The pleadings shall be public, unless the Court should con sider that publicity dangerous to order and morality.—(Vident interruption on the left.) M. Dupont (de l'Eure).—A solemn audience with closed doors ! What solemnity ! Voices in the centre—Read article 54 of the Charter, Gentle- men. " 4. If in the interval of the Session of the Chambers,weighty circumstances should render temporarily insufficient the esta blished measures of security and repression, the laws of the 31st of March, 1820, and the 26th of July, 1821, may be for the time restored to vigour, in virtue of an ordinance of the King, countersigned by three Ministers.—(Violent interrup tion.) M. de Lameth.—Three Ministers ! That is for the suspen sion of personal liberty. • • • M. de Girardin—L-Suspend the charter, also, lly the signature of three Ministers. A voice.—The six Ministers will sign, if necessary. M. M6chin.—This is a frightful project. , Other voices.—This will make us bless the censorship.—ln mercy leave us your censors. The President had to ring his bell long before M. de Pey, ronnet could resume the reading of the article. " This regulation shall completely cease to operate at the end Ms one month from the opening of the session of the Chambers, if in the meantime it be not converted into a law. M. Mechin and other voices on the left.—This is a bad pal- liative! Voices in the centre.—Silence, gentlemen. Such interrup tions are unexampled. M. de Peyronnet proceeded : " It shall also cease on the day on which an ordinance shall be published, pronouncing the dissolution of the Chamber - of Deputies. "' 5. The provisions of the anterior laws which are not abro gated by the present shall continue in force. " Given at the Castle of the Tuileries on the 31st of Decem ber, in the year of Grace-1321, and of our reign the 27th. (Signed) ed ) " LOUIS. (Countersigned) "DE PEYRONNET." The Minister raised his voice, which the great agitation on the left nearly drowned, and pro nounced with a very remarkable accent the for mula with which the project terminated, viz.:— " By the King's command, the Keeper of the Seals, Minister Secretary of State for the Depart ment of Justice. Signed De Peyronnet." This formula, twice repeated by the Keeper of the Seals, with the particle which precedes the name of his Excellency, gave rise to prolonged laughter. A voice.—Why not say briefly, Peyronnet ? Other voices.—We are now informed that the name of the Keeper of the Seals is De Peyronnet. The laughter continued, while some voices i❑ the centre called " Order." President.—The Chamber acknowledges the receipt of the project, orders it to be printed, and distributed and referred for exa►nination to the bureaux. IVill it be convenient for the Chamber to meet on the day after to-morrow in the bureaux, to proceed to this preliminary ex amination ? Voices in the centre and on the right.—Yes, yes. Voices on the left.--flow hasty you are. President.—The day after to-morrow, if there be no opposition. M. Benjamin Constant.—There will be a great deal.—,(Noise.) President.—The present bureaux retain their powers on Friday. They will not be renewed until Monday in a public sitting, and thyy will then proceed to their new organization. Voices on the left—Well, let the examination be on Monday. It will then be undertaken by the new bureaux. M. Mkhin ascended the tribunal--The im portance of the project which has been read ; the prgfundll.y of the views (laughter on the one Side, and murmurs on the other) on which it is, founded— MM. Etienne, Bignon, &c.—Yes, Yes : the views are easily penetrated. M. Benjamin constant.—The design is to stifle liberty entirely. M. Demaroy.—lt is an intolerable law. M. Mechrn.—The piquant motives scattered through the whole speech. (Applause and iro nical laughter.) M. Pardessus.—Ortler, order ! This is a per sonal insult to the Minister. Voices on the centre and right.—Order ! order ! It is quite indecent. Other voices.—Let the President do his duty. (Tumult.) Voice on the left.—Do you mean that the motives are not very piquant ? Your denial is the insult. , M. Machin, to whom the President addressed some words amidst the confusion, descended from the Tribunal, saying, " I propose that the meet ing of the bureaux shall be postponed till Mon day. Is this proposition supported ?"—(Yes, yes ! No, no !) M. de Lameth.—l have not ascended the tri bune to speak on the projet de loi, because it is not yet a subject of discussion : public opinion, which must influence our decisions, and which passes judgment upon them, will declare itself on this projet. My object is merely to support the proposition of M. Medlin, for postponing the Committee till Monday. I must observe, how ever, that I have heard -.vith astonishment a re newal of those cries of " Order" which were given up in the last Session, and hitherto during the present, and which had given place to that temper and moderation which befit a Legislative Assembly. I must confess that I cannot see the object of that excessive eagerness which one part of the Chamber has manifested towards this new projet. The proposition of M. Mechin was then put to the vote, and lost by a small majority. Friday was then fixed for the Committee.—The Cham ber then adjourned. FRANKFORT, DEC. 29.—1 t seems, according to vaiious, accounts inserted in the Spectateur Ori ental, to be the intention of the Greeks to direct their efforts against Candia, of which they expect to be able to keep possession, if they once be come masters of it. The Nuremberg Correspondent quotes letters from Vienna, stating, as a report, that the Porte had rejected the Russian Ultimatum, and that Russia had declared war. The Allgemeine Zeilung publishes an article from Vienna of the 23d, stating that the Austrian General commanding on the extreme froutie'r had received intelligence that it Was regarded as certain at Semlin that the Grand Seignior lost his life on the 28th or 29th of November. VIENNA, DEC. 23.—Since the evening of the 15th, when the ordinary courier,of the Perte ar rived here from Constantinople, it is known that the news generally spread of the breaking out of a revolution in the Turkish capital is an exagge ration ; but we learnt at the same time, that during the 27th, 28th, and 29th of November, so great an anarchy, reigned there, that every one residing in the quarter of the. Franks expected an open revolution. No person dwelling on the other side of the port, at Vera, Galata, and To phana, durst quit their habitations ; and this is one reason why, for so long a period, so little was known of what was really passing. On the 28th several fires broke out in Constantinople, and also. in the suburbs. The general persuasion was, that the houses were set on fire by the Janissaries, in prder to cover a conspiracy long meditated against Ha leb Effendi, a powerful favourite of the Grand Seignor. Whilst the hippodrome, and the streets abutting on it, were filled with armed Mussulmans, and all the ortas of the Ja nissaries had taken arms, the Sultan Pdah mond, with his favourites, and several persons of rank, the creatures of Haleb, was shut up in the seraglio, and it was said at Pera that they were besieged there by the Janissaries and an infuriat ed populace. For a long time the police of Ha leb had been taking measures for the protection of the Sultan's person, and to guarantee as much as possible the life of the Monarch, and of his son, Abdul Hamid, a prince eight years of age, and the only male progeny of the reigning family of Osman. This young prince never quits the seraglio, and is guarded day and night by a crowd of black eunuchs. The favourite no tom ger permits the Sultan himself to make his ap pearance in public, except on urgent occasions, and those prescribed by the lawvand customs of the empire. He is then always surrounded by corps of ichoglans, entirely under the orders of Haleb, numerous bostaugis, white eunuchs, and other guards of the seraglio. A report was circulated on the 28th in Pera, that the Janissaries had formed a plan of enteriusr the seraglio en masse, of demanding the heads of Haleb and the Kislar-aga, and of making them- selves masters of the person of Abdul llamid. A report was even spread in rem i❑ the evening of the 28Lh, that the Sultan and his principal. favou- rites had been put to death. A messenger, who left Constantinople during this state of alarm, carried these reports to Adri anople, whence they spread as far ,as the fort- resses - on the Danube. - We are assured that the Sultan subsequently succeeded in tranquillizing the Janissaries, by the distribution of large sums among them; but the extraordinary agitation still continued in Constantinople, and no one can foresee the issue. Nothing of the contents of the last dispatches from the Austrian Minister has transpired here, but the private letters re ceived by the same courier leave scarcely any doubt that the Porte still refuses a categorical and official answer to the Russian Ultimatum, notwithstanding the solicitations of the diplo- matic corps. In the absence of any plenipo tentiary from the Court of Russia, the Austrian legation at Pera is authorised by our Cabinet to take Russian subjects under their protection. Even the Russian vessels rshich pass to the Black Sea are provided with Austrian passports. This is, 'however, with the consent of the Turkish au thorities. Two days before the troubles broke out in Constantinople, the Austrian and British Am bassadors had in succession their first audience of the new Reis Effendi. They set out from their palaces, surrounded by all the persons attached to their embassies, in grand proces6ion, a corps of I Janissaries in the dress of ceremony accompanying them to the place appointed for the interview. The notes presented by the two Plenipotentiaries were drawn up, it is said, in a similar manner, and filled with complaints against the Turkish Go vernment. Persons who assisted at this solemn interview with the Reis-Effendi, expatiate largely on the haughtiness with which the Franks were treated by the Turks. The answers given by Zadki Effendi were vague and evasive. The Ambassadors solicited a pri vate audience of the Grand Seignor, but this was refused them. In returning home, the escort of Janissaries by which the Franks were accompa nied could not protect them from-serious ,itlsults on the part of the populace, and it is mentioned that several individuals of both legations escaped with difficulty from much greater dangers.— (Constitutionnel.) VIENNA, DES. 23.—The report of the assas sination of the Grand Seignior has been, formally contradicted by our Generals commanding on the Turkish frontier. DEC. 24.—The solicitude of the Government to contradict the alarming news lately circulated, respecting Constantinople, has caused our funds to rise a little. There is now a report that a large body of Austrian troops 'will be cantoned in Upper Italy, and that the army of General Frimont, which occupies Naples, will receive another destination. FROM THE DANUBE, DEC. 21.—We have re ceived recent intelligence from Smyrna, which announces the approaching departure of the European merchants, as well as the embarkation of the Consuls and Commercial Agents, because they are in danger daily of losing their lives. FRONTIERS OF ITALY, DEC. t2l.—We learn from Sinyrna that the Pacha of Egypt appears ill . disposed to obey the orders of. the Grand Seignior to send troops to his assistance. FROM THE COASTS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, DEC. 16.—The Greeks are again masters of the Archipelago, and are reinforcing their fleets. WARSAW, DEC. 10.—People speak here very loudly and very freely of war against the Turks. AIJGSBURG, DEC. 26.—We learn that the Aus trian Legation at Munich has received official in telligence that war against Turkey is decided upon. The Manifesto of Russia, it is.added, will appear without delay. NAPLES, DEC. 16.—The King has just granted to the Chevalier de Medici, ex-Minister of M- I !lance a pension of 10,000 ducats. It is again stated confidently that 6,000 Swiss are about to enter the service of the King of the Two Sicilies, and 4,000 the service of the King of Sardinia. Rome, `o.—Among the strangers at pre sent in this capital ) is Mrs. Paterson, the first wife of Jerome Buonaparte, with her two daughters, one of whom. it is said, is to be mar ried to a son of Joseph Buonaparte„ qt.is said,- that one of the sons of Lucien Buonaparte is about to embark for America, where he will marry a daughter of his uncle Joseph. LEGHORN, DEC. 14.—The Russian subjects Who have taken refuge in the lonian Isles are the object of the strictest superintendence of the local authorities. Some clay all will be known ; and there is no doubt but that the Emperor Alexander will extend to them his benevolent and paternal regard. The siege of Patras still continues : the Greeks are occupied in making mines, and it is probable that a subterraneous explosion will deliver the Peloponnesus from the presence of the Turks, who now occupy no strong place but this in Achaia. A letter from M issolonghi, in G reece,dated Nov. 27, contains the following details :--" I announce to you that there have arrived here, in the course of the week,eight vessels frornMarseilles,Genoa,Leg. horn, Ancona, and Venice, all filled with arms,, ammunition, officers, and subalterns of artillery, and of different descriptions of military force.— Several other vessels laden with cannons, guns, and distinguished military men, have likewise arrived at Calamata from Marseilles. The salary ofthe soldiers, and payment for all articles sent to us from abroad, are managed with equal inte grity and punctuality. May Gon protect us!" ILAMBETRGII, DEC. 27.—We are authorized to declare, that there is no fOundation for an ar ticle that has appeared in our Journals and other public Prints, stating that " The King of Spain had requested the assistance of Austrian troops against his rebellious subjects." _ _ _ Dr.c. 31.—The number of vessels arrived here by sea during the year 1821 was 1572, of which from England 562, France 92, Russia and the Bal tic 83, Sweden and Norway 66, Finland 10, Den mark, Jutland and the Coasts 31, Holland, East Friesland, the Weser and the Coast 377, Por tugal 38, Spain and the Mediterranean 106, the Canary Islands 8,- North America 47, South America 34, Brazil 86, East Indies 6. Only three ships have been on the seal and whale fishery, and seven on the herring fishery. The number of vessels sailed to various ports (exclu sive of the smaller vessels) was 1102. SAN:ONV, Dac. 26.—0 n the 13th instant, a new rescript was addressed to the Censors in Saxony to be cautious with respect to paragraphs relative to the affairs of Greece and Turkey, and not to allow any partiality. STocKnor.st, DEC.2l.—From the usual annual reports relative to the harvest, it appears that it is only in the provinces of Upland, Mal mochus, Nerike, and A land, that the corn har vest has turned out favourably ; in the northern provinces it has universally failed. From the Report of the Board of Customs, it seems that the net amount of the duties, &c. in 18'20, was 416,740 rix dollars less than in 1819; among the causes of this decrease are, first, that on account of the increased duty very little corn was imported ; second, on account of the liberty of bonding goods, granted to the city of Stockholm, a large quantity of wines and other goods that pay a high duty, lie there in depot, and no duly has yet been paid on them ; third, that on account of the increased strictness of the measures to pre vent contraband, only half as much had been re ceived for Confiscations and fines for smuggling. The receipt was, however, 91,000 dollars more than that of 1818, and 123,000 dollars more than that of 1817. Russi.t, Dcc. 4.—The Manifesto against the Porte, which is so ardently wished for, has not yet appeared, but war is, however, not to be doubted. The general opinion, as well as the general wish, loudly proclaim this. The Rus sians will look on this war, on account of the destruction of the churches of the Greeks their brethren, as a religious war, and fight like lions. On the 3d an order was issued to convert 12 regiments of Cossacks into Hulans. St. PETERSBURGII, Drc. 14.—0 n \ the 17th of November there were some shocks of an earth quake felt at Kiew and at Uman ; in the first town three, which were, slight and without noise, each lasting some seconds ; at Uman there was a pretty smart shock, so that the houses were sell s' lily shaken. PETEMBURGII, DEC. 7.—We have advices from, Semlin of the 7th November, which state, that the Persians have taken Erzerum, and beaten the Paella of Bagdad. Several French Officers are in the army of the Persians. General Count Wittgenstein, who has been _bere some days, set out yesterday to return to his Head-quarters. IlxNovElt, DEc.2l.—The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected to go to Berlin soon after the new year ; and on their return, which will be towards the middle of February, the Duke, it is said, intends to go to London. The K ing's visit, which has in many respects been attended with many happy consequences, will also essentially contribute to the improve ment of the city, his Majesty having given or ders to build a considerable number of houses at hi s expence. It is said, that in spring the foun dations of a number of houses are to be laid in George-street, which is distinguished by its fa vourable situation next the ramparts. SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 24.—The King has just ap pointed Don F. Bustamente, a Colonel of Engi neers, to be the Political Chief of Navarre. Letters from Pampeluna are very contradic tory respecting the disorders in that province. Some regard them as of a serious character, and supported from abroad; others only as a momen tary effervescence. On the 16th two battalions o f S e ville left St. Sebastian to march against the factious. The Government has called out the Provincial Militia, in order that the regular troops may be exclusively occupied with the pur suit of the seditious. The public tranpillity has been disturbed at Badajos. A speech delivered in a Patriotic So ciety, by a man named de Conti, a painter, was the signal of general alarm. This individual read a pretended letter from a Deputy of the Cortes, which stated that all was lost, and that the French troops were on the point of entering Spain, at the request of the Ministers, to enslave the 'Spaniards 7:but the public authorities suc ceeded in quieting the minds of the peaceable inhabitants, by proving the falsehood of Con ti's assertions. The Extraordinary Cortes have for some days been occupied with the affairs ofSeville and Cadiz. Several deputies spoke in favour of and against the conduct of the authorities of those towns; and at length in the sitting of the 23d it was de cided, by a majority of 114 against 36, that pro ceedings ought to be instituted against Don Manuel de Velasco, Military Commandant of Seville, and Don Ramon L. Escovedo, for having; disobeyed 62 orders of the King, and disregard ed the declaration of the Cortes, as also against all those who signed the representations. DEC. 25. [PRIVATE CORE ESPONDENCEI • The decision of the Cortes, respecting the dis-• obedience of the Constitutional Authorities , of Andalusia to the orders of the King, has pro duced a very different result from what was ex pected by all good Spaniards. The news re ceived this day from the pro , ,inces announce that Grenada, Malaga, Murcia, &c. have followed the examples of Cadiz and Seville. The Royal Au thority is completely set at defiance in these pro vinces, and their new addresses, which have just reached the Cortes, contain the followin4 expressions :----- 44 We have all taken up arms to " defend to the last drop of our blood our Gene " rals and Political Chiefs, who have had die " courage to brave the orders of despotism." The torch of civil war is at thie- moment burn ing in three parts of Spain. DEC. 27.—A party of sixty horsemen of the Royal Army of Navarre, well mounted, appeared yesterday a short distance from this. City. Their appearance filled our constitutional authorities with alarm. The political head of the province, who resides at Tolosa, on being apprised of it, gave - .immediate orders to the, collectors of taxes to convey their money and. their papers to St. Sebastian. Wherever his partisans have sheaved thern, salves, they have circulated the following Procla, Illation of the Chief of the Army of Navarre : " People of Navarre,—You are at length disabused, and have become acquainted with the perverse views of a small number of ambitious and treacherous men, who, under the pretext of establishing a wise Constitution ; seek only to strike the last blows to the throne and to religion, and to plunge the' heroic Spanish nation into a chaos of evils and disorders. Such should be the effects of the deceitful promises of impious inno vators, who, after having by an unheard of attempt deprived the King of his legitimate authority, cannot but deliver Spain over to anarchy. Is there a single Spaniard, worthy of the name, who is not persuaded of the unhappy results springing from the violent change effected in the Government which ruled over us previous to 1320 ? All classes of the state have felt these results, and all are convinced of the evils which menace us. Everyone will rise against the mistakes of the new governors, and againSt the crowd of Jacobins who oppress good Spaniards. 4 , Men of Navarre,, the day is arrived when all worthy mot should unite for the security of religion and the country, both threatened with an imminent danger. You, who bore so con spicuous a part in the glory which the Spaniards acquired in contending against Napoleon, . can you remain passive in the approaching contest with t he enemies of our faith, of our most valued rights, and of our independence? Will you any longer suffer religion and its ministers to be scandalous ly outraged ? Can you look on with indifference while• the honest and peaceable inhabitants, who blame and lament the odious intrigues of our tyrants, are oppressed with impunity ? Will you consent to be plunged into the same revolutionary abyss into which France was precipitated, and which still ex hales its noxious vapours ? ,\ ill you suffer our noble institu tions to be trod under foot, and Navarre to be reduced to misery by a succession of enormous contributions, of horrible imposts which,since the abolition of our franchises and privileges, begin to press upon us, and which are only destined to glut the avarice of certain intriguing men, who have seized on the power at Madrid ? _ _ _ _ _ _ ", Men of Navarre, your unalterable love for .the religion of' Jesus Christ, your patriotic sentiments,_ yoUr courage. and in trepidity, assure me of the contrary. I already see you proudly arming, and rallying round the standards of the faith. and of the independence of the country, who will anew admire the heroic efforts which will encourage all good Spaniards to Mil... tate you. To arms, brave mei; of Navarre Live religion - 1. Live the King ! Die the Constitution! (Signed) " 1 71 I.4A.NUEV it.. 6 ' given at the Camp of Puenta della Reina, Dec. 18, 1821." The disposable.troops of three provinces haVe been united to be despatched against. the Royalist. army. They amount to little short of 3,000 men, 'yet the corps of Villanueva has sheWti no signs of intimidation. The constitutional soldiers receive no pay ; the soldiers of, the faith are well 'paid. ll those who offer themselves mounted and armed receive a gratification of 500 francs. Volunteers on foot who brfng a fusil receive 40 francs. The daily pay of each Soldier is 25 cents. (21-d - . ster ling), a pound and a haY of bread, half a pound of meat, and a bottle of wine , It is s a id tha t many soldiers of the constitutional a:rnY)seduced by,these advantages, have already deseTtvd to the Royalists.--(gazette de France.) MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—The first Quarter SOr sions of the Peace for this County for . the yeao 182-2, was held this morning at the. Sessions House, Clerkenwell-green, before F. CoNsT, Esq. Chairman, the ex-Sheriff WILLIAMS, and several other County Magistrates.—On the Grand Jury being sworn, they were shortly addressed by Mr. CONST, from which it appeared that, with the• exception of one charge of murder, the offences for investigation are none of them marked with any peculiar turpitude, nor is the ca lendar more than usually heavy. The Petit Jury being sworn, the COURT proceeded to dis pose of the traverse paper, which contains a considerable number of cases of assault, in the investigation of which the whole morning was occupied ; there were none, however, that con tained the smallest particle of public interest. The Earl'and Countess Howe,with a benevolence characteristic of all their actions, on New Year's Day gladdened the hearts of nearly two hundred children (who are clothed and educated by them) with true English cheer, roast beef and plum pudding, &c. at their noble mansion, Gopsall. On Sunday se'nnight, divine service was re sumed at Atherstone Chapel, which has been en larged and a spacious gallery erected, by which the poor of that town, who had no other accom modation than what the aisles afforded, are now provided with three hundred comfortable Free Sittings, t