The Sun. — London, England, 1822-12-05 00:00:00

-.upon the point of being decided, not by diplomatists, but by soldiers. The official journal bestows due honour on the French Pleni potentiartes, and the present Ministry, for the consignment which the continental Powers have made to France of the Spa nish question. It seems to us that they have no great reason to congratulate themselves on this confidence which Europe has placed in them. Do the other Powers bind themselves to ours with respect to Spain ? By no means. They do not promise to aid it ; they leave it all the honour of invading another coun , try, and secure - to it only the advantages of a new occupation for France. There is no other way of explaining the—coucours de touter leers forces aux voies d'execution que la France pour rait etre dons le car if adopter. Our neighbours are disposed to net, with regard to us, 'upon the same principle as we wish to act towards the Spaniards, by rendering themselves secure on - the side of Franc; as France would secure herself on the side of the Peninsula. Thus, according to the Moniteur, it appears certain that, if an army crossed the Pyrennes, an army from the north will pass the Rhine. We know not whether France ought on this account to con gratulate herself on the triumph of her diplomatists. We also do not know whether our merchants ought to rejoice at that triumph. From the statement of the Moniteur, England is not included among the Powers w'eich have abandoned Spain to our Government, for she is not a Continental Power, as all the world well knew before the Moniteur declared it. At pre sent, from the mere fear of war, it is difficult to insure at Lon don the return of a French ship from . India at 50 per cent.—_ What will the insurance be if war break out ? - But it is not yet decided. It is at Paris the question is now to be agitated, since it has not been decided at Verona. The speedy arrival of the Duke of Wellington and the Russian Am bassador is announced, who may be regarded as the repre sentatives of peace and war. If they have any thing to say to ,our Government, it will no longer be in the general interest orthe Holy Alliance, but in the particular interest of their their Cabinets. Such is the new diplomatic jurisprudence esta blished at Laybach, and confirmed at Verona. The Holy Al liance is nothing, the vicinage is every thing. It is in virtue of this right that Austria invades 'Naples, that France wishes to invade Spain, and that Russia will, without doubt, invade the East. If we do not deceive ourselves, this was the law of na vions before there was any Holy Alliance, and the Holy Alli ance was only created to make this law of nations disappear.— Since, however, it appears again, others may conclude that the "Holy Alliance no longer exists. ( From the Quotidienne. ) The policy of the Fanatics has, then, triumphed at the Con . greys, as the Quotidiennehas always wished it should. We be lieve we can state this with confidence, and the article of the Mdniteur, however vague it has appeared to us, serves to con firm all that we have been able to collect on the result of this great diplomatic decision. Viscount de Montmorency returned yesterday evening, and it is already reported that the King has recompensed, by a new title, the services which that Minister has rendered to the Throne of France. Perhaps we may be allowed to suppose that the doctrines for several months past perseveringly defended by the Quotidienne, have not been overlooked amidst the weighty reasons of state which have swayed the conviction of therepresen tatives of the French' Monarch. 'Wise Statesmen do not dis dain to consult public opinion, before meditating on the secret motives which are brought under consideration in the Councils of Kings. Hence reasonable writers, who instead of being carried away by dangerous theories, and by vain systems, simply ex press the wants of society, are most frequently in accordance with the ideas of Governments, and can indicate their determi nations beforehand. This has occurred with respect to the Quotidienne in all that we have written on the question of the Congress, and the intervention of the Powers on the subject of Spain. Ve have repeatedly said, not merely .that war was a right, for that was needless; but that it was necessary and in evitable : necessary for the defence of the principles of society, And the honour of the Crown of France; inevitable because it was absurd to suppose that all the Sovereigns of Europe should hurry to the same . place, merely to hold a parley, without coin -.log to any conclusion. ( From Le Constitutionnel.) The illoniteur is to-day less enigmatical upon the affairs of Spain than it has been for some days past. TheJarrival of the Vicomte de Montmorency has probably given it permission to express itself less obscurely : nevertheless, it still preserves a - tone of reserve and a diplomatic style which is not Calculated to give a categorical explariation of the 9uestion, and conse quently to restore confidence to all the Interests of France which have been so frequently alarmed by the fear of a war • -With the Peninsula. This is the article published in the Moniteur of this morn ing.—[Hcre follows the article, which was inserted in THE Sux of Tuesday.] The first observation which strikes us in this note is, that the .-official Journal confesses that it would be of some advantage for things ; and persons "to know the progress of questions which interest them, at least in proportion as they are accom pllshed." 'lt delightfnl'to Seethe Mbnitesr, especially when it speaks Ministerially; acknowledging the necessity of not al lowing affitirs of the greatest importance to be surrounded by those uncertain and contradictory reports which have constantly prevailed since•the'opening of Congress on the subject of Spain. Moniteur thereby proclaims one of the fundamental prin ciples of every Representative Government : it is this—that the nation participating directly in that form of Government ought not to be left in entire ignorance, if not of the discussions, at least of the facts which are connected with its dearest interests. This is an homage paid to public opinion of which the expres 'sion is - so often misunderstood, and to which, however, in the long run, men are always obliged to submit. It is only painful that the Moniteur should have so long de layed to make the - proper application of this maxim : if it had been less chary of positive information—if it had not frequently taken from other journals articles of intelligence most alarming in their nature—if it had constantly and immediately given the lie to the warlike articles which rapidly succeeded each other in 'c twin Gazettes, and of which the consequences, which ought to have been immediate, are even now adjourned—if the Mo niker had only observed a species of neutrality which perhaps was required by its character and gravity, it would have saved France from the alarms which have lately passed all limits ; it would have saved the exchange of Paris the great losses and j .commotions which have been felt afar, and which have drawn down ruin on so many families. It is fortunate for France, and we congratulate ourselves upon it, that this nation, so great, • so noble, and so generous, has at length re-assumed in Eu rope, as the Moniteur asserts, the rank and importance which naturally belong to it from its population, its climate, its in - dustry, the character of its inhabitants, and its happy geogra phical position. We remark, however, that the Moniteur seems indirectly to -exclude England from that honourable union which has placed in the hands of qie French Government the balance on which, in relation to Spam, the policy of the European Cabinets ought to rest. The Continental Powers," says the Moniteur, " have handed over to France the future management and ter niination of the affairs of Spain, with the intention of concur ring with all their forces in such means of execution as she may find herself in a situation to adopt." " In taking this resolu tion," adds the Moniteur," the high Continental Powers must Lave acted on an idea so simple and just that it will strike all reasonable persons." There is no mention of England in the conventions which have been made. Will that Power consent to he thus disre garded, when other nations are deciding how they shall conduct themselves with regard to Spain ? • Be this as it may, it necessarily results from the article in the Moniteur, that France, in the name of the high Conti nental Powers of Europe, is going to enter into new negocia. Lions with Spain. It would not be very difficult to foretel the nature of the con cession§ which will be demanded from the Spanish Cortese and it is equally easy to foresee the answer to them. If they will not consent to any modification in the form of their insti tutions, it appears probable that there is an intention to use ffirce to compel them. But will England consent to the armed intervention which is to result from the refusal of Spain to accede to the proposals which will be offered to her ? The article of the Moniteur is a sufficient answer to that question. But it' England does not consent to the intervention, will it preserve, at least, neutrality ? The Moniteur has not released us from this difficulty. Thus it may be said, that the tardy publication in the Moni few leaves things in the very state in which people supposed them to be before it broke silence. [The Journal , des Debate and the Gazette de France insert the article from the Moniteur ' without making any observa tion upon it. The Journal de Commerce neither copies it nor notices it.] VERONA, Nov. 21. • (EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.) The principal, and perhaps in reality the only, object for which the Congress was assembled at Verona, was the political situation oldie Spanish and Portuguese Monarchies. The con ferences and deliberations upon that point are terminated.—. With the exception of the'Sovereigns and Ministers who have taken a share in them, there is nobody who is positively ac quainted with their result. The secret has been so well kept, that I could give you the names of several Diplomatists who have arrived here since their commencement, and are not a whit the wiser than they were upon leaving home. All, therefore, that 1 can do is to infbrm you of what is conjectured by the different classes of society in this city. . There have been four or five Sitting of Congress specially de voted to the affairs of Spain. The Duke of Wellington_has, On each occasion, declared, in, a formal manner, his hostility to erery species of armed intervention ; and in so doing, has been supported by Austria and Prussia. Russia has appeared to in cline. to the opposite tide, but without urging her opinion with much weight. The French diplomatists were busily employed in pointing out the danger to which their country would be ex posed, were the Royal authority to be left as feeble as the con stitution of the Cortes had made it. They added, that the very same danger would undoubtedly menace, in the long run, the whole of Italy, the Low Countries, and some of the small States of Germany, and at a still later period, perhaps, even the more considerable States of that same country, in which liberal principles appear to have a great number of partisans in all classes, and principally in those which are most enlightened. The picture of these possibilities has produced a very lively impression upon the minds of the Members of the Congress.— However, they have contrived among them to discover that a more immediate and general danger might result from an open aggression—they have said, thaepeace, after so long a war as that which was finished in 1815, was too precious a blessing to be compromised by violent measures, against a people which, moreover, has the right to ameliorate its Condition, so long as it does not interfere with the affairs of other nations, and preserves the monarchical principle; that the chances of war are always uncertain ; that if the Spaniards were to succeed against a foreign army, the fears which a propagation of the principles of the Spanish Constitution inspires to-day, would then be much greater'and better founded—in short, that pru dence suggested, that every thing should be left in static quo, and that we should look for the changes which the Sovereigns desired, from the Spaniards themselves. The French diplomatists have, it is said, persisted in endea vouring to destroy these objections in the last sitting ; they have confined their efforts in it to obtaining this decision in their favour—that, every Power having the indisputable right to make war against any other when it thinks that it has just and imperative reasons for so doing,. France may employ that right against Spain if she thinks proper, but that in such case the other Powers should be bound in honour to remain neutral. Thus, if that war were to take place, it would be a struggle hand to hand between France and Spain. Under any other circumstances, and for a different cause, the resources of France without doubt are superior to the resources of Spain ; but if France had to combat with the nation and constitutional armies of Spain, and not with the Constitutional armies merely, the re collection would naturally rest upon the disastrous war which Buonaparte made against thatcountry. and the extreme bravery of the old French army would-not entirely perhaps restore con fidence. It is probable that the efforts of France might at this moment be seconded by a strong party, but had not Buonaparte also his party ? It is added, that, after the decision of Congress, the Emperor of Austria, and even the Emperor of Russia, as well as the ma jority of the Ministers, particularly the Diike of Wellington, have, in a friendly manner, advised the French Ministers not to undertake this war, or at least to reflect on it well and maturely beforehand, as it might place in danger the repose of Europe— an event of which it is not difficult to foresee the melancholy consequences. I repeat to you, that all that I have just been saying is simply what is repeated in the different articles at Verona, and that I do not guarantee toyou its authenticity ; although I give credit to it myself in common with a great number of other persons, among whom are some who are likely to be well informed in spite of the closeness with which the secret is guarded. n What I can 'inform you for certain is, tliat for some days past there has arrived here positive intelligence that many foreign merchants have demanded letters of marque from the Spanish Government, for the purpose of arming privateers in case war should take place between France and Spain, and that a great quantity of these letters of marque have already been transmitted to different Spanish Consuls, particularly to those resident in the ports of England, in order that they may be delivered to the privateers at the very moment that they re ceive official knowledge of the declaration of. war'. M. de Montmorency sets out to-morrow on his return to Paris. Madarne la Vicomtesse de Montmorency, who was expected at Verona for several weeks, has not advanced farther than Cham bery, where his Excellency is to rejoin her. The other French Plenipotentiaries will remain here until the departure of the Sovereigns. They will only take, if I may use such an expression, a secondary part in the subjects on which the Congress.is likely to be still engaged. These subjects are the affairs of Greece, and the occupation of Naples and Pied mont by Austrian troops; but we are assured that these'points may be considered as already settled. It is said that the con duct of the Ottoman I'orte has been severely condemnd by the Congress, and even by the Duke of Wellington himself ; that the Emperor Alexander has shewn great indignation at it ; that his Imperial Majesty has no longer any hope of accommo dation ; and that he only waits for the arrival of the Count de Lutzow, to declare his definitive determination respecting Tur key. The envoys from the Greek Government have not been officially admitted to the presence of the Sovereigns ; yet every one believes that one of them has been here incognito for some time, and that the notes which he has presented have been favourably received. With regard to Naples and Piedmont, the report is vey general that the Sovereigns of these two countries and their Ministers have used every . exertion to get the Austrian troops withdrawn from them, but that Austria had thrown great ob stacles in the way of their demands, which found only a very feeble support in one of the principal Members of the Con gress. People are in consequence convinced that the two ex tremities of Italy will still for a very long time be occupied by Germans. It is believed that the principal reason urged by Austria was the situation of the Spanish Peninsula: The King of Naples had allowed his intention of abdicating his power to become public ; he was therefore reminded, that the crown would then be worn by the Duke of Calabria. This observation was followed up by some others, and it appears that for the present his Majesty has renounced his design. * If this intelligence be true (and we are inclined to give it credit), all the foreign commerce of France will be annihilated at a blow. We shall see a renewal of the disaster oF which it was the victim at a period when, upon the faith of peace with England, it dispatched abroad a vast number of vessels which became an easy prey to the privateers and cruisers of Great Britain : the recollection of that great misfortune is not yet effaced. . Our maritime commerce would be ruined, a net for having believed in the continuance of a peace which every thing announced as likely to be durable. It is probable that not one of the numerous vessels which we should have at sea would escape that cloud of privateers which would immediately sail forth under the Spanish flag, and which would blockade our ports (luring all the continuancg of the war.—(Note of the Edi tor.of Le enistitutionnel.) THE OPERATIONS OF GENERAL MINA IN CA- - TALONIA. [From the Gazette of Saragossa.] Every body knows the situation of this pro vince in the month of August, when Gen. Mina received the command. They knew that the Defenders of the Faith were in possession of every part of it, except Lerida, Manresa, Car dona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Tortosa, Gerona, Figueiras, and Rosas ; even these places were blockaded, and their weak garrisons were obliged to make frequent sallies, and combat enemies far superior in number to procure provisions. The success of the Defenders of the Faith increased, while they had to contend with forces so inferior that they were hardly able to act even on the de fensive. Yet the Constitutional troops, faithful to their oath to defend the good cause, and des pising the great number of their assailants, the continual marches, distress, famine, and privations of every kind, never lost their courage, and pre served those important places with the aid of four weak moveable columns commanded by the brave Torrijos, Roten, Milaus, and Manso, to whom we partly owe the preservation of Cata lonia. General Mina arrived on the 7th of September at Lerida, entirely destitute of the necessary means to combat forces ten times as numerous as those placed under his command ; not but that the reinforcements promised were forwarded, and, hi fact, he received about 1,200 at Lerida ; and Torrijos with a column of 800 which had escaped from Romanillos and other chiefs of the Army of the Faith, who had surrounded him at Cervera, succeeded in joining Miiia at Lerida on the 10th. It was with this force that the General undertook his first movement on the 12th towards Cervera, which the defenders of the Faith evacuated at his approach in the night of the 13th. On the 16th the Constitutional General removed his head-quarters to Cala f, which became the central point of his farther operation 3. Baron d'Eroles, desiring to impede the march of reinforcements to Catalonia, caused the banks of the Cinca to be in vaded by his troops,and seriously threatened Arra gon ; and so far succeeded as to employ at least for a month the division of Gen. Zarco del Valle, consisting of 4,000 men, the greater part of which was destined to reinforce Mina. At the same time other bands of the Faith, more or less numerous, were sent to the right bank of the Ebro, and Quesada was detached into Navarre, in the .hope of farther divert ing the attention of Zarco del Valle. No thing could induce a change in the general plan of the Constitutionalists, which was in the main to attack the adverse faction at its source, and to expel the Regency from Urgel : but yet this object was remote, for it was ne cessary, first of all, to restore the communica tions between Saragossa, Lerida, Yich, Man resa, &c.; to reinforce the garrisons, and supply them with ammunition and provisions; to form a line of defence; and to revive public confidence in the country occupied by the Constitutional troops, especially at Barcelona, from which they must derive their chief resources : this Mina effected in the space of a month, acquiring also a knowledge of the ground, and of the real situation of the enemy's force. Meantime, reinforcements arrived from alt quarters, though not in such numbers as had been hoped, because the incursions of the Defenders of the Faith into Arragou, and even into the province of Valencia, bad drawn off five or 6,000 men. The Royalists, proud of their superiority, and imputing to fear the, inactivity of Mina, which was only prudence on . his part, daily provoked him to battle ; but it was not till the 26th of October that he resolved to attack Castelfollit, and on the 27th the division of Erdles at Toro. Our readers know the result of these two days : suffice it to remark, that they greatly contributed to the in creasing success of the General, who was after wards reinforced by 3,000 men from the division of Zarco del Valle. Eroles then perceived that he cculd obtain no great advantage on the right bank of the Sesrre, and retired into the moun tains of the Conque de Tremp, his native country, finally ,persuaded that he should be there able to resist the Constitutionalists ; but the affairs of the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th have proved the contrary ; for his troops have been dislodged from their position, beaten, and dispersed ; Eroles himself being forced to retreat to Urgel, where Mina expected to arrive on the 18th or 20th. The whole dis trict of Trempe, up to the frontiers of France, was covered with fugitives wandering in all direc tions. Trempe,Talaru,and several other communes, have been plundered and burnt by the constitu tional troops, who spread general consternation. Notwithstanding the preparations for defence making at Urgel on the 15th, it is not thought that it will stand a siege, especially as the soldiers of the Faith refused to shut themselves up its it. Meantime it is abandoned by the Regency, and by all the inhabitants who have any thing to lose. The alarm even extended to Puycerda; and if Milans continues his movement towards Campredon, there is no doubt but that place will share the same fate as Urgel. The number of peasants who leave the army to return home, and of the soldiers of the Faith who offer to sur render to the Constitutional Government is con siderable. In fact, confusion and discord now reign in that army which boasted of re-establish ing despotism in Spain. Such was the result of the operations up to the 10th of this month. : 441% - • 'Cr tk * MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. Monday, December 9, LONDON Nos. 40, 100, 143, 241, 319, 329, 335. COUNTRY. Nos. i3l, 243, 320, 378, 433, 473, 517, 536, 546, 570, 574, 578, 701. Tuesday, --- 10, LONDON. Nos. 23, 62, 290, 300, 367, 479. COUNTRY. Nos. 24, 67, 138, 145, 211, 263, 292, 427, 537, 604, 626, 668, 714; Wednesday, - 11, LONDON. Nos. 3, 11,.16, 19, 29, 47, 79, 96, 237, 257, 334, 353 ' 435. COUNTRY. Nos. 159, 213, 215, 232, 314, 344, 440, 442, 447, 478, 647, 661. Thursday, - 12, Lownow. Nos. 6, 18, 194, 271, 299, 301, 326, 338, 499. COUNTRY. Nos. 110, 111, 153, 172, 178, 269, 278, 354, 397, 531, 540, 591. Friday, - 13, LONDON. Nos. 128, 161, 275. COUNTRY. Nos. 53, 282, 283. Saturday, - 14, LONDON. a * * COUNTRY. No. 412. IRELAND. Tuesday, Dec. 10, CORK. No. 71. Wednesday, - 11, Come. Grand Prov. Lodge of Munster. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Advices, dated in Paris on Monday afternoon, were received early this morning.; hut only a part of their con tents were made public. On that day the French Rentes are re ,' ported to have been done at 85 ; afterwards they advanced to (36.75.; at which price they continued until the close of themarket, when large purchases were made by a powerful interest, and a farther improvement in their value was the consequence. The last prices were understood to have been 87f. 10c. for cash, being only a decline of 20c. from the quotations of Saturday. Purchases were also made for the end of the month, at 87. 45. The gentleman who received this express is understoOd to have acted on its contents, and the chances of the continuance of peace are no doubt increased by the improvement which took place in the Paris Funds. The extensive opera tions, however, of many Fundholders, and the numerous ex presses which pass betwixt London and Paris, render it diffi cult, if not dangerous, to form any decided opinion on this most • momentous subject, from the value of public secu rities in Paris, where they are so easily acted on, and where purchases or sales of no great magnitude cad, pro duce considerable fluctuation. It was reported that Viscount MolurmonEwcY, the French Ultra Minister at Verona, had been on Monday elevated to a Dukedom, after a six hours' conference with the Minister VILLELE. This promotion has any thing but a pacific appearance. It is a reward for his successful negotiation, and a complete approval of his conduct in his important embassy. .1n the mean time a gentleman, who arrived this morning from France, states, that French troops are marching from all directions towards the Spanish frontier. Should hostilities commence, these invaders will possibly enter Spain, but most probably few of them will ever return. Consols for the January account, 'which closed yesterday at 79i, opened this morning at 79i, and were speedily run up to 80, on account of the reported advance which bad taken place in Paris. Some west end of the town brokers, however, created a panic by the extent of their sales, and a decline, more rapid than the advance, was the consequence. They fell to 78i, and had an extremely gloomy appearance until the Bulls rallied their forces, and by powerful exertions again advaced the value to 791 Before the closing of the Stock Exchange, however, the operations became extremely languid, and the closing price of the day was 79a being,about per cent. higher than they were yesterday. Oil the whole the news in the city this day did not add any thing to what was previously known. In Foreign European Securities very few transactions have taken place, and the alarm created by the present unsatisfac tory state of public affairs has not so far subsided as to encourage any extensive operations in any description of them. Some few sales were made of the French Rentes by timid holders, at from 87 to Bbi. The following are the-comparative importations of different articles up to the 3d Dec. in the two last years, :—Hemp from St. Petersburgh, 11,534 tons ; Riga, 1,639 ; It lian, 5,714, in 1822. Do. from St. Petersburgh, 4,441 tons ; Riga, 607, in 1821.—1 n 1821, the total quantity of Hemp received was 6,762 tons from St. Petersburgh ; 1,177 from Riga; and 534 from Italy. On the 3d December, 1822, the arrivals of Tallow amounted to 52,702 casks, and 343 serons. ,On the 3d December, 1821, the quantity of Tallow received was 47,854 casks, and 499 serons. During the whole of 1821, the importation of Tallow amounted to 66,204 casks, and 499 serons. To render the importation'of this season therefore equal to that of 1821,-will require a further arri val of 13,502 casks ' and 156 serons. In 1822, on the 3d December, the arrivals of Tar from Stockholm amounted to 17,477 barrels ; from Archangel, 7,300; and from America, 5,197. In the whole •of 1821, there were received from Stockholm 15,179 ; from Archangel, 6,095 ; and from America, 3,426 barrels. To the 3d December, 1822, the arrivals of Bristlei amount fo 1,621 casks, and the whole iniport of this article in 1821 was only 1,344 casks. About 7,500 casks of American Ashes have been received this season, which is nearly the same as the importation of last year. Pot are however 20, and Pearl 15 per cent. dearer than last season. On the Corn Exchange since Monday,lhe arrivals of grain hive been considerable. They amount to 4,800 qrs. of Wheat, 4,500 quarters of Barley, 8,600 qrs. of Oats, and 5,100 sacks of Flour: Every article is fully as dear, and the holders of Wheat are more firm, excepting that an alteration din the politics of Europe will increase the value of agricultural produce. Fine Malting Barley is free sale at 365. 'to 375. a quarter. The dis tillers are expected to use inferior Wheat when they have ex haused their present Stocks. In many instances the factors did not exhibit their Wheat samples for sale: The prices are ex tremely low, and they consider grain an article worth the atten tion of the capitalist should the Public Funds continue to de cline in value.-(Morning Chronicle.) THE SUN. SOLER QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT 2 LONDON, TII URS'DiIY, DECEMBER 5, 1 822. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] CITY, Twelve o'clock.—Consols opened this morning at 79 -} for the Account. Soon after it was known that an express had arrived from Paris bringing the French Funds 87 f. 20c. upon which our Funds rose to 79 - i s 2 1. A short time after another express arrived, which left Paris Tuesday afternoon, at the close of the French Funds, and brought them 86 f. 80c.—Six ex presses had arrived in the above Capital from London, with the fall of our Funds, upon which various reports were put in circu lation. The private accounts from the above capital state that Lord WELLINGTON was hourly expected ; and that the King of FRANCE would not decide on the fate of Spain until he had an in terview with his Lordship ; it is also further stat ed, that the affairs of Spain were to be left to the arbitration of his Lordship.—The Foreign All" ket opened this morning at 49f. New Span" went up to 502, and afterwards lowered again t° 494. Columbian Bonds have experienced 3 great depression, owing to a private letter from the above Capital. We have given copious extracts from the Pare Papers of Monday, under the usual bead."' They consist chiefly of speculations on the 4 0 " like article in the Moniteur ; and it is remark able, that while the Constitutionnel obviously tertains gloomy forebodings from the low vl3 opposition of England to the designs of France upon Spain,none of the other Journals, even those whi ch were the most clamorous for a war, seem to view its near approach with feelings of exultation! The uncertainty which must prevail as to the course which will be followed by Great Dril la° is alone sufficient to damp the ardour and to , P l ° - derate the language of the war party in France; and the same cause cannot fail to increase the fears and the repugnance of those Who 113 ` e throughout contended for the continuance °`r r peace. In the meanwhile, the preparation s hostility are vigorously carrying forward on Igt ; sides of the Pyrennees ; and in the opinion 6 " t parties no long time will elapse before the fil l sounds of the cannon will be heard on the fr°P. tiers. The present state of Europe affords abun dant • matter for anxious and melancholy reflectio n ' '' In our Paper of the 28th ult. we ventured lt express an opinion that the present Congre ss Verona would probably result in the virtual d i? solution of the Continental Alliance, and in tbe crossing of the Pyrennees and the passage ofaithhe Pruitt by the armies of France and Russ4t. to Courier Frangais seems to have formed, fr° , recent events, the same conclusion. It sa rcastic cally remarks that the Congress has chang ed ; r place ; and that in future it will be held 'c'r Spain at Paris,—for Italy at Vienna,- - an d :the East, wherever the Emperor ALts. o(4 l may happen to be ! After this sally, it ad ds° ;, to a graver strain, that a new political systo n take place of the old,—that instead of one sins bo interest in Europe, that of the Holy Alliao ce • t new system of policy reduces every thing to he particular interests of each separate state' , and that if there still exist any con o-n ni te of relations among the Powers, it is coif nowt,, be found in the decorum of diplomatic f° ll ' s There can be very little, if any, doubtof the c ji.• curacy of these ded!octions. Franc e is Litt° Ty Spain, if she thinks proper ; and, on the v e ry ac u same grounds, Austria and Prussia will. a t France, if they think fit ! Austria is to ret ain he r litary possession of Italy, because it SUits interests,.` her convenience, or her future P r o . pects, to so ! Russia, 'of course, wi ll P o e a visit to 'Constantinople for the same god. and old-fashioned reasons ! And, as for it gland,—what is England to do ?- 11.1 ' 1 ' o f would be hard, if, while the great Pow erl oP the Continent are so accommodating t° o f another, she were not allowed to have a li ttie toet her own way also ; and therefore, we p res i ll ire st she likewise may go to war, either in th e of or in the East, or in both extremities co Europe at once, or she may remain at P ° to as may be most pleasing and agree able t he herself !! ! 0 ! the consolidating effects °f:os! glorious invention of a Congress of Snve rel ' oc e llow admirably they acted in accord3os until the moment arrived at which it diti c, possible for them to be influenced 11 f rent motives ! It is evident that the idea permanent pinion between the heterogen eous a m terials, of which it is composed, is ritliculaus'lere n that the farce of its assemblage is o f mockery of the 'reason and common 'Sense the world! Unhappily, the union between the iirecear: Powers of the Continent leo , which has ' to virtually dissolved, because they have seP°l. ;ll , objects to accomplish , may, and no doubt 'cie, he renewed on every occasion, when the ir rests or their wishes coincide. It is pretty 'lto known that they have a common wish to se e or i, commercial grandeur and power of G reet tain impaired; and that, whether right or vir°o, they imagine that their interests would be P moted by the diminution of her political OP o f ance. out, while any considerable portionve the Continent, especially the Peninsula, is f A °th e from their domination, and while th e y hob " extensive sections of it in a state of forced Od l ' ) t willing subjection, they must know that the e t to of England will continue to be great, ll° • W I preponderate. While things remain i" , oblig e t oe present position, therefore, they are either n l' totreat England with respect, or if foram — 00 a they venture to assail her interes ts or to wn of the ti tans her honour, England possesse s tire , speedily compelling them to d o her jus wi l Spa tui Par and ~e~ '~ t waS the .riot h e ~ no r e , h a 411 th 4u 44 LP RO jai Sil GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND. EDIXBURthi, DE c. 2.—Agreeably to ancient usage, the Grand Lodge and Masons of Scotland -assembled in Freema sons' Hall, on Saturday, 30th November, being the Anniver sary of St. Andrew, the tutelar Saint of Scotland, in order to elect the Office-bearers for the ensuing year. • His Majesty the King, on his accession to the throne, having graciously conde scended to continue Patron of the Ancient Order of St. John's Masonry for Scotland, the following Office-bearers were una mously elected, viz. : His Grace George William Duke of Argyll, Most Wor shipful Grand Master Mason of the Ancient Order of St. John's Masonry for Scotland. The Right Hon. John, Lord Viscount Glenorchy, Right Worshipful Grand Master Depute. William Inglis, of Middleton, Esq. Right Woishipful Grand Master Substitute. His Grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, Right 'Wor shipful Past Grand Master. Myles Angus Fletcher, Esq. advocate, Right Worshipful Senior Grand Warden. Walter Frederick Campbell, of Islay and Shawfield, Esq. M.P., Right Worshipful Junior Grand Warden. Sir John Hay, of Smithfield and Hayston, Bart. Right Wor shipful Grand Treasurer. Alexander Lawrie, Esq. Right Worshipful Grand Secretary. James Bartram, Esq. Right Worshipful Grand Clerk. John Maitland, Esq. Assistant. The Rev. Dr. Lee, First Minister of Canongate, Grand Chaplain. William Cunningham, Esq. Grand Jeweller. Archibald Paterson, Esq. Grand Bible Bearer. The Right Hon. ,the Earl of Kinnoul was appointed Pro vincial Grand Master for Perthshire, in the room of Sir Patrick Murray of Ochtertyre, Bart., who has resigned. When St. Andrew's Day falls on Saturday, it has been the practice to celebrate the festival on the Monday following.— The Grand Lodge and Brethren resolved therefore to meet in Freemasons' Hall this present evening, at seven o'clock, to ce lebrate that festival. PRICE 0 : Tills DAY AT Bank Stock 243 3 per Cent. Red. 7B; 3 per Cent. 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