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from without, and replaced in the real position which it occupies in France, retains no higher pretensions than those claiming the rights and en- PARIS, DECEMBER 22. • 1 joying th e b ene fit s o f th e civil and political equa- A letter from P e rpi g n an states that the Mar- lity guarant ee d by th e C o d e an d t h e Charter— of a party which owns neither the cause of the • quis de Foresta, prefect of that department, has King nor the cause of the nation ; but which, on refused to comply with the request of the Spanish the contrary, had it been possible, would have Vice-consul to publish the amnesty grant e d to the Prevented those t wo no bl e causes f rom reun i t i ng and blending together. insurgents. In the letter, which appears in the ~ But the acknowledgment of this new state Cons - titutionnel, it is observed :—" This answer, of things affords satisfaction to all the friends of the Hous e 9 f B our b on , an d o f t h e d ignity of which has excit e d grea t surprize, forms the France, which become more independent, more general subject of conversation here. It was free than ever; and which at once resume the hoped that the department would be relieved legitimate influence which the traditions of their from this occupatio n , an d th a t th e o pp or t un it y glorious histo r y assure t o t h em i n E urope. would be seized to deliver it from very trouble- " If in fact En g l an d was t h e fi rst to f eel this truth, and to teach her noble Allies to ap some guests, who, being 'neither recognised allies preciate it, Europe is much indebted to her ; and nor prisoners, ou g ht n o t t o b e a b ur d en on th e we do not say this mere l y f or nat i ons w hi c h w i ll inhabitants. W e hoped f or r e li e f f rom th e am - no longer be co m p rom i se d i n quarre l s w i t h t h e i r neighbours, but on account of the Sovereigns nesty, but it is not published, aed it appears themselves, whom the affairs of certain Govern will not be published. However, several of the ments, more or less remote, will no longer with draw from th e a tt en ti on w hi c h i s d ue to t h e in unfortunate refug ee s, b e i ng i n f orme d o f it b y t h e inhabitants who are ea ternal welfare of th e i r b St a t es . Th e s il ent sepa ger to spread the intelli- ration of the Congress of Verona proves that the gence, repaired to the Consul to make their sub- honourable resolution is at least tacitly adopted. It proves, m oreover , th a t we s h a ll no l onger be mission to the C on stit u ti ona l G overnment ; b ut they have not been a bl e t o ge t th e passports exposed to h ear th e Q uo tidi enne pu bli s h , without exciting indignation, that urgent representations which the Consul gave them countersigned." have arrived from such or such a capital to the French Gover nmen t, w hi c h can no l onger d elay It is stated that th e Sp an i s h A m b assa d or at Paris has mad e r e p resen t a ti ons aga i ns t t h e con- to comply with th em . tractors of the loan open e d i n th e name o f a pre - " Another pa r t i s reserve d f or F rance an d i ts Government ; we s h a ll exam i ne i ts con di t i ons, tended Regency of Spai n . remarking mer e ly f or th e present t h at t h e ques- The following accou n t o f th e l a t e fi g hti ng at tion of peac e or o f war w i t h S pa i n b ecomes from the Seo d'Urgel, i s g i ven by th e J ourna l d e Toulouse, in a lett er d a t e d f rom th e env i rons o f this moment for F rance a quest i on o f i nternal Puycerda, Dec. 11 : policy, family a lli ance , an d nat i ona l i nterest. Let " We learn, th a t on th e morn i ng o f t h e 9t h , us also not f orge t t o a dd to t hi s fi rst observation, Mina pushed forward 400 men , w h o pene t rate d that it is to th e p o li cy o f E ng l an d t hi s change in t to the gates of the S e o ; th a t R omasgo i mme di ate- the political sit ua ti on o f E urope i s ow i ng. T hese two prelimin ar y cons id erat i ons i nc l u d e the most ly ordered a sorti e , an d a h eav y tire of musketry took place on each aid e; an d th a t a f ter an h our advantageous resu l ts f or F rance —f or F rance, such as the restorati on t en d e d t o ma k e h er — such the hostile parties sepa ra t e d, eac h h av i ng susta i n- hat is to say, ed a considerabl e l oss . W e can f urt h er as state, the charter w ill make her—that n that next day, at 8 o'cl oc k, Mi na sen t f orwar d a ational and con s tit u ti ona l un d er t h e d ynasty of still more considerable numb er o f t roo p s t owar d s the Bourbons." the town; that p ar t o f th e garr i son came out o f STUTTGARD, D EC . 16.—W e are j ust i n f orme d that the King w ill se t ou t i n a few days for Augs the forts, and a brisk ac ti on ensue d ; t h at to •wards noon, R omasgo was o bli ge d to f a ll b ack burgh, to hav e an i n t erv i ew t h ere w i t h the Em up onthe Fontan a d e l N a p, b e t ween t h e town eror of Russi a . Thi s S overe i gn i s to pass and the fo r ts ; th a t h e ma i nta i ne d t hi s position through part o f G ermany , on hi s way to Silesia, and thence i n t o R uss i a . At first he intended t o till three o'clock, an d th at h e was a f terwards under the n e c e ssity o f re - en t er i ng t h e f ort. This cross Hungary t o en t er P o l an d , b ut the bad was a sanguinary day. D ur i ng th e act i on t h e roads and th e sever it y o f t h e season w i ll neces sadly put a stop to thi s rou t e , an d h e w i ll take guns of the fort w ere fi re d, an d severa l h ouses in the town w ere d amage d. Th e C onst i tut i on- his way th roug h G ermany. — ( L e C onstitutionnel.) alists entered the town, and carried off the little WErman, DEC. B.—The defence set up in favour of singi ng i n th e streets an d pu b l i c places, that was to be f o u n d th ere . D ur i ng th e act i on, Mina never l e ft Al as; f rom a h e i g h t a b ove t h at has given ris e t o some di stur b ances among the students of J ena , w hi c h too k place on the 29th place he saw all th a t p asse d." N On Saturday morning th e Ki ng gave a pr i vate November and the Ist D ecem b er . O n t h e 3 d o f this month, 400 o f th em ret i re d to Kahla, a little audience to the Visco un t d e Ch a t eau b r i an d, Mi neighbouring t own i n t h e pr i nc i pal i ty of Alters nister Plenipotentiary a t th e C ongress o f V e - Tana, and Ambassado r t o th e C our t o f L on d on. Bourg, for the p ur p ose , as was state d b y several His Excellency remain e d an h our w ith th e Ki ng. students, of remov i ng persons o f angry f eelings' -In the aft ernoon th e Ki ng t ransacte d b us i ness and to induc e th em t o return to reason outside o f with the Count d e Vill e l e , P res id ent o f t h e Jena. The Ac a d em i c A ut h or i t i es pu b l i s h ed a Pro - Council of Ministers. clamation, subjecting to the punishment of banish. , On Friday a co ur i er ex t raor di nary was di s- , meat those wh o d o no t re t urn b e f ore t h e 7th.-- patched from th e E ng li s h E m b assy t o M a d r id . Two companies of infantry and a detachment of A letter from Rome ann ounces th a t M. A nne- cavalry have b een s en t f rom W e i mar to J ena, in order to supp or t th e A u th or i t i es. T he students Antoine-Jules d e Cl ermon t-T onnere , A rc hbi s h op of Toulouse, has b een p romo t e d t o t h e di gn i ty of returned yeste r d a y i n sma ll b o di es. An i nquiry Cardinal. has been set on foot for the discovery of the The Journal de Paris con t a i ns th e f o ll ow i ng authors of the diso r d ers which have taken place. forcible r e ma r ks on th e p rocee di ngs at C ongress (Le Courier F ranga i s .) , and their probabl e r e s u lt : -- A conspiracy, th e o bj ec t o f w hi c h was to sur " The Duke of W e lli ng t on h as se t out f or render Cadiz t o th e t roops o f t h e F a i th, has just London sooner th an was ex p ec t e d. Thi s h asty been discovered i n th a t c i ty . S everal of the conspirators have b een arreste d . — ( L e C ourier departure belies the news published by severa l journals of th e con ti nua ti on a t P ar i s o f t h e di - Frangais.) plomatic conferenc e s res p ec ti ng t h e quest i on o f TRIESTE, D EC . B.—l gnace B er b erov i ch, Cap peace or war with Sp a i n . fain of the Aust r i an b r i g T r i ump h , arr i ved here from Samos in 28 d a y s , and from Hydr a i n 14. " It would doubtl ess b e eas y t o g i ve a s i mple and probable e x pl ana ti on o f the prompt sep ara - He confirms th e news o f th e b urn i ng a Turkish tion of the Congress, o f th e s p ee d y d eparture of ship of the li ne a t T ene d os; an d adds, that he the British Pl en ip o t en ti ary , an d o f the inter- fell in w ith an A ustr i an vessel 14 days ago, ruption of a ll nego ti a ti ons at P ar i s on t h e affairs coming fro m C ons t an ti nop l e, an d t hi s latter had told him that th e ca t as t rop h e o f one part of the of the Peni n s u l a . B u t it wou ld cost certain writers a great d ea l t o con f ess th at t h e pr i nc i ples fleet was kn own a t C onstant i nop l e; that the rest -of general policy, o f arme d i n t ervent i on, o f anti- of it had entered the canal, and that in p a s s i ng constitutional leagues, and of con ti nenta l f e d era- Point Barbi er i it h a d b een aga i n attacked by the Greeks, who h a d p asse d th e two fi rst batteries of tion, on which th e y h ave so l ong f oun d e d t h e i r the Dardan e ll es w ith a fi re - s hi p ; b ut that the dreams of Carbon ar is m , an d th e i r p l ans o f per secution, have giv e n wa y, i n th e hi g h es t quarters, current and a sudden c a l m h a d prevente d the fire ship from p ro d uc i ng th e expecte d effect, and to considerations o f na ti ona l i n t e rests, and to a feeling that thos e i n t eres t s , th oug h un i te d b y a had oblig e d th e G ree k s t o retreat i n their boats. common misfortune, are in th e i r na t ure diff erent. The same Captai n announces th e f a ll of Napoli The death of Napoleon wa s the point of t e rmi na - in the Morea as ver y near ; th e bl oc k ade este tion of the Conti nen t a l a lli ance , an d t h e tom b at blished by th e G ree k s i s execute d with so much strictness, that th e G ree k garr i son o f the fort, St. Helena, announc e d an d ex pl a i ns th e i ssue o f situated at the en t rance o f th e port, d rove back the Verona Cong re ss. " Without doubt th e S overe i gns d o not cease an English b r i g by di n t o f re d h ot s h ot, w hi c h to unite cordially, und er th e gu id ance o f one seemed determined t o f orce an entrance. great principle of religion and humanity, in the AUGSBURGH, DEC. M.—The last news from desire of procuring for their people all the hap- Venice confirms the report of the rebellion of the pines' which their memorable sacrifices have de- Turkish garrison at Rhodes. It was composed served. ' We will only observe, that the diver- of Asiatics who have massacred their Com. sity of their forms of government at last con- menders. vinced their Ministers that there could not exist The same letters mention a disembarkation of uniform means of attaining this end : that the re. Greeks in the Island of Cyprus, still blockaded spective interests of nations, under the relations by a strong division of their vessels. of commerce, of industry, of frontier, of vicinity, It is quoted as an extraordinary fact, that the are too decidedly distinct to be regulated by one Greeks in Candia receive ammunition by means invariable and imperious system of unanimity ; of English speculators, who have agents at Malta. that in the manners, the religion, and degree of Chourschid Pacha has really attempted a new intelligence among the various nations of the invasion of Livadia, and has been repulsed. The Continent, contrarieties and differences are found, Greeks have been considerably reinforced in that wholly repugnant to such a common principle; province, being convinced, and with good reason,, in a word, that Monarchs, equally patriots, have that it is there the destiny of the Morea is to be felt the necessity of consulting 'equally national decided, and the more so, as Omer Vrione has interests, which individually had more to lose the most positive orders to penetrate as far as than to gain in the sacrifices exacted by the Eu- Lepanto for the purpose of maneuvering thence ropean compromise. in the rear of the Greeks, who are in the Nor " A similar view would be fatal to a party them Livadia, and thus facilitate the enterprises which has only founded its fleeting importance of Chourschid. in a phantasmagoria of conspiracies, secret so- According to the latest news from Turkey, cieties, leagued together from one end of Eu- the Asiatics entered Constantinople, but the rope to the other—of a party which has dared to Janissaries repulsed them with loss, in conse 'comprehend at once the Grand Turk in the in. quence of which there was a civil war between terests ,of 'the Holy Alliance an d in the respect the Aga of th e J an i ssar i es an d Ib ra hi m P ac h a, due to legitimacy, and place the Christians of the Commander of the Asiatics. The result of --Greece among the nations devoted to a new cru- this conflict will probably decide the fate of the jade--of a party, which, deprived of its support Porte. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, MAY 30. LOSS OF THE SHIP CHARLES MILLS, FROM CAL CUTTA TO THE ISLE OF FRANCE. The following narrative of the loss of the ship Charles Mills, which is drawn up from a state ment of one of the survivors, will be read with deep interest : " The ship left the pilot on the 11th instant, and had a pleasant passage until the 14th, when she experienced a very heavy gale from South East, with a tremendously heavy sea, the ship labouring and straining , very much, and making a great quantity of water; the pumps constantly going till the 16th, without gaining on the leak—and on the 17th the ship was in a sinking state. Every exertion was now made to save the lives of the crew—the anchors were cut away, the boats cleared, &c, but not hoisted out, from the tremendous sea run ning at this time. From the heavy seas constantly running over the ship, it was utterly impossible to open the hatches, to lighten her by throwing overboard any portion of the cargo.— The best boat was washed away by the violence of the sea. No language can describe the horror and misery with which the unfortunate crew passed the night of the 17th. " About five o'clock, Monday morning, on opening a small hatchway, it was perceived that the ship was full of water, and in the act of foundering. Terror and dismay were painted on every countenance; the boats were flown to as a lost resource the long-boat was broken to pieces, in attempting to hoist her out, by the ship rolling her broadside in. A small jolly-boat, bort, which hung over the stern, was immediately cleared, into which was put a female and child, with four or five men ; but while in the act of lowering her she filled and capsized, and the woman, child, and two seamen were drowned. " A small boat, old and crazy, in which no one felt the lease inclination to trust his life, was now the only one left. At lasi the second officer and a sepoy went into the boat, when the cap. tarn and some other person cut the tackles ; the whole of the gunwale of the boat was stove in before it could clear the guar_ ter of the ship, as she was running gunwales under. The boat was soon drifted astern, when a few pumpkins, which were hanging on the stern, were cut away, and fortunately picked up by the second officer, who succeeded in saving the gunner, two sookannies, and a little boy. At this time the boat, being at some distance from the ship, and there not being the least pos sible chance of saving either vessel or cargo, the captain jumped overboard and swam towards the boat, the persons on board which succeeded in picking him up. " A few minutes before eight, on the 20th, the ship foun dered, with 66 unfortunate beings standing on her poop ; and in about 4 minutes afterwards, every person and every thing on board had disappeared ! In a small and crazy boat, 4 or 500 miles from the nearest land, with a tremendous sea running, and nothing but a few pumpkins to subsist on, did these seven survivors, without a compass, put the boat before the wind and sea, and stood N. until the 25th, when being near the shore, off the Black Pagoda, to their unspeakable joy, they disco- 1 vered a sail, and about half-past eleven they succeeded in get ting alongside the French brig Sorthe. They were in such a weak and reduced state, that probably another day in the boat would have occasioned the death of them all." The above ship was commanded by Captain Wise. She went down in lat. 15. N., long. 881. ; the first officer was among those who perished. LOSS OF THE SLOOP RACEHORSE. [Further Particulars.] Official accounts were received on Saturday at the Admiralty of the loss of his Majesty's sloop Racehorse, Captain SUCKLING, in attempting to enter the harbour of Douglas, Isle of Man, osi the night of the 14th inst. The following letter on the subject will be found interesting : " This vessel had been ordered from the Plymouth station to the Isle of Man, as convoy for the Vigilant cutter, Lieu tenant Read, which had been disabled in a heavy gale in Douglas Bay, on the 16th of October, and obliged to cut away her mast and throw her guns overboard : she was with much difficulty brought into the harbour there, and, after having undergone a temporal repair, was to have proceeded to Plymouth under convoy, as above stated. The Racehorse left Milford-Haven early on Saturday morning, the 14th instant.-- After taking a pilot on board, she proceeded for her destination. —They made the island between two or three p. m., but the weather being thick, and the night pitchy dark, the pilot, it is supposed, on nearing the shore, mistook the Bay of Castle town, which is very capacious, for that of Douglas, and about half-past five, when the land was descried close to them, in at tempting to enter the bay, the vessel struck upon Langness Point, which is surrounded by tremendous and almost perpen dicular rocks. All hopes of saving her was at once given up, as she filled instantly, and the pumps became totally useless.— Guns of distress, with rockets, false fires, and other signals, were made for assistance' from shore ; but the wind blowing directly into the bay, and being rather fresh, two boats only could be procured that would venture out to their assistance , which they did with lanterns in their bows; and many of the inhabitants rushed from the town, in a most dismal night, to the head, which is full three miles from it, and over the greatest part very dangerous, from the rocks and broken ground to be passed, and this in the hope of being useful to the unfortunate sufferers. At the time she struck, the Captain and Senior Lieutenant were both on deck, and it appeared that no fault whatever can be attributed to the officers on this me lancholy occasion. " It now became necessary to save the lives of th e crew ; and such was the excellent discipline on board the ship, that not a man attempted to quit her without orders. We under stand that the Captain had the roll called of the crew, and on each man's name being called over, he stepped into the boat, when an officer was named to descend and take charge of it, and to land if possible among the rocks, of which there ap peared but little hopes, as the sea was beating over them with great violence. Happily for all but the last boat, this diffi culty was completely overcome, as by this time fires were made with straw in different directions near the wreck, where there was any hopes of their landing in security. " The Captain, First Lieutenant, and a Master's Mat - ,(Mr. Bone) came by the last boat, which, unfortunately, was rather crowded, and consisted of seventeen persons, Captain Suck. ling being the last man who quitted the ship. 'When at some distance from the rocks, the boat unfortunately upset, by which all were left to shift for themselves. The Captain, being a good swimmer, was saved with much difficulty; as were the Lieute nant, some of the sailors, and some of the boat's crew ; but Mr. Bone, the fisherman who commanded the boat (which was one that went out to their assistance), five of the crew of the Race horse, and two men belonging to the boat were drowned, mak ing a total of nine persons who perished on this melancholy oc casion ; and when all circumstances are considered, it is won derful that no more lives were lost. " By this sudden catastrophe the officers have lost every thing but what they had on their backs ; yet the object that creates commiseration is the widow of the fisherman who commanded the boat, and so gallantly lost his life on the occasion : she had just been delivered of her eighth child, and has, by these means been deprived of all her hopes in this life, which depended sole ly on her husband's exertions; it is not, however, doubted but that Government will handsomely provide for her—it is the least recompense she can expect. " It has been ascertained that most of the bodies of the un. fortunate sufferers have been recovered from the watery deep. Those of Mr. Bore, and the fisherman (Quayle), during the course of the day, and 40r5 of the seamen since. The former is to be conveyed to Malew church, and his remains will be at tended to the place of interment by the whole of his brother officers, &c." THE ROYAL FAMILY OF SPAIN. A private letter from Madrid, dated Dec. 8, gives the following account of the present ap pearance of the ROYAL FAMILY, in regard to which we shall only observe, that the mixture of loftiness, intelligence, and feebleness in the eyes of FERDINAND, is a compound which we do not clearly comprehend; but this by the way : " Yesterday the King and the Royal Family took their usual ride. On this occasion the infantry guards were drawn up in the square before the Palace, and a body of horse guards, to the number of five or six-and-twenty, were waiting also in the square to escort, or rather guard the royal carriages. In the passage there were two or three military men in undress, and seven or eight old women, who were waiting.to present me morials to the King, though they can scarcely be ignorant that the time for asking favours from the King of Spain is passed. After waiting some time, the King and Queen descended the staircase, attended by several officers of state, all in full dress ; that is to say, in dark blue coats, turned up with crimson, laced with gold, in the usual military fashion,white smallclothes, and white silk stockings. Such was also the dress of the King, in addition to which he wore a blue ribband over his left shoulder, and a star on his breast. The Queen, a slight genteel figure, appeared in a pink satin hat, very plain, and a blue silk mantle, edged with ermine, which covered the remainder of her dress. Her face has a mild beauty in it, which strongly inte rests a spectator. It looked on this occasion pale, and oppressed with inward suffering. The face of the King is remarkable for the vacancy—and, indeed, I must say, the deformity of its expression. The chin and lower lip protrudes considerably beyond the line of the upper features, and seems scarcely to belong to them. The upper lip is enveloped in mustachios ; and yet with these features, almost of the animal tribe, there is a mixture of intelligence, loftiness, and feetileness in his eye, which indicates a very peculiar character. Two of the Officers of State placed themselves at each side of the carriage door, offering their shoulders to the assistance of her Majesty, while getting in. I observed th a t s h e mere l y too k t h e h an d o f the King, and got in, not without some effort, without availing herself of the assistance proffered by the Officers of State. She smiled not ; she scarcely looked around her, and addressed not a syllable to any body. The King, who is a good portly figure, before he followed the Queen, looked around like a man who wished to give an impression that he was a free agent, but who betrayed his real state of duress by a certain awkwardness which he could not controul. He was as re served and silent as the Queen. There is only one step, which is firmly fixed outside, beneath the door of. the carriage. and this is so high that both their Majesties were obliged to ascend to it by means of a footstool. The footstool was then strapped behind, where it hung dangling as the carriage drove off. But before it left the Palace, his Majesty put out his hand from the window, and received the several. Petitions which were presented to him. Don Carlos, the King's eldest brother, and very like him, with the exception that his figure is short, his wife and family, followed in the second coach, equally reserved. Don Francisco and his Consort followed in the third. He has a good face, but a short figure. The three carriages rolled away without a cheer, or an expression of any sort from the persons present. They were immediately joined by three other state carriages, filled with the Officers of the Household, and the whole cavalcade was attended by the escort already noticed. The infantry received the King in a respectful manner, the band playing, and the standard lowered as he passed." CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. No Foreign Mails have arrived this day, nor have any mercantile expresses been received from the 'Con tinent. They could only however have brought information from Paris of Sunday, and consequently the want of intelli gence has not'created any surprise. Consols. for the January account opened this !morning at 80 and were done at 801 K. They were, however, ex tremely inanimate, occasioned principally by the want of ru mours, save the one lately current of a decrease in the present quarter's revenue, which has been again this day repeated. They closed at 801 very heavily. During last week the Liverpool market was generally very inactive. In Sugar very little business was done. The inferior descriptions were dull, and their prices a shade cheaper, whilst good scale qualities, particularly Barhadoes, were quite as dear. The sales only amounted to five hundred hogsheads. No East India was offered, and foreign attracted little notice. About 130 puncheons of strong and fine flavoured Demerara Rums were purchased by dealers, 25 o. p. at 25., and 33 o. p. at 2s. 3d. a gallon, wretched prices when compared to the very high value of coarse British Spirits, of which the supply continued to be neither udder nor above the demand. In Coffee not a single transaction was reported. In Hides the transactions were very limited ; 7,000 dry Ox and Cow from Buenos Ayres were offered by auction, but they were withdrawn because the dealers did not offer within ld. a lb. of the late prices. Horse Hides sold at very different rates, but the average of the sales was nearly the same ; the quantity sold was 11,200, at from ss. Bd. to 6s. sd. each hide. The weekly importation of Cotton amounted to 4,323 bags, and the sales to 8,355 bags, the prices did not undergo any va -1 riation, fine Upland 80., Pernambuco fine 11 id., Maranham fine 10d., and other qualities in proportion. Of Tobacco, the sales only amounted to 100 hogsheads chiefly for Irish account. The stock in warehouse amounted to 6,272 hogsheads. Swedish Tar was sold at 19s. a barrel, and 1,700 barrels of Turpentine fetched from 13s. 6d. to 14s. a cwt. The demand for indigo was limited, but the prices were steady, for Lac Dye higher .prices were paid ; of saltpetre no sales were made, and on the whole business was very dull during last week in the Liverpool and the neighbouring markets—(Morning Chronicle.) ( Extract of a Letter from Paris, dated Dec. 19, 11322.) I shall now allude to the recent immense desertions from the division of CURIAL, and the reception given to the deserters by the Spaniards. I saw, on Thursday last, a letter from the spot, which details these occurrences at great length, of which I shall give you the substance. The remnant of the Armie de la .1 7 oi arrived on the bank of the , closely pursued by the corps of MINA, to escape from whom they plunged into the river, and reached the French territory. Having touched the shore, the fugitives, counting upon protection by the French, faced about, and fired upon their pursuers. These, 'irritated and galled, returned their fire, and, unfortunately, killed three poor French soldiers, and wounded two. MINA arrived, or, dered his troops to cease firing, and sent an Aid-de-Camp with a flag of truce to General CURIAL, with a strong remon strance upon this infamous violation of neutral ground by the dastard fanatics. CURIAL replied, that he disapproved of the conduct of the miserable wretches who had sought refuge in France, adding, that he would cause the French territory to be respected by each party ; ordered the soldiers of the Faith to be instantly disarmed, and commanded his own troops to break the arms of the fanatics in presence of both armies—an order which the French obeyed with good will. The letter proceeds—" Matters did not rest here, MINA or dered his men to pile their arms, and then to repose. You know, that after this order, troops are no longer considered under the controul of their Officers. The expression of feeling that follow ed must therefore be regarded as the spontaneous declaration of the Spanish Army. To the number of 6,000 men they advanced to the edge of the river, and as with one voice saluted the French troops then present on the opposite bank as spectators. To this they added loud and unanimous shouts of Vive la Consti tution !" Vive la Liberte !" La Inert aux Tyrans !' I give you the French words of the letter. The French soldiers re turned the salute, at which Cuitfar. was indignant, but a new and more important incident attracted his attention--this wa the apparition of a large body of French soldiers, headed by gip cers, advlncing to the river; he was paralysed—they plunged in; no longer doubting th e i r intentions, he ordered the other troops to fire on them—not a man obeyed. He then ordered up a detachment of Gens d'Armes, gave them a similar command, snatched in succession and fired, himself, two muskets at the de serters; the Gens d'A rmes then discharged their pieces, a compli mentthat was returned by avolleyfrom thelate soldiers of France on their reaching the opposite bank of the river. Here they found a French Colonel and several others of their countrymen, Officers and sub-officers. You may easily imagine with what enthusiasm they were received. CURIAL ordered the remaining troops to their quarters—that night 1,500 m en p asse d over to the Spaniards with their arms, and were immediately formed into a regiment, organized by the Colonel to whom I have already alluded."— Thus ends the letter, and you will find in all the Journals of yesterday as full a confirmation of it as in the present state of the press could be here securely published. , CHRISTMAS DAY.—Holiday at all the Public Offices' PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON DO' French Fi ve p er C ents. 8 9. , Six per Cents. 00. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 83. Five per Cent. Bonds, 76g. ( Scrip, 77g. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. {Five per Cent. Bo n d s , 64. New Ditto, 54g. Scrip, 91 disc. I Five per Cent. Bonds, 86. Ditto New, 86. Five per Cent. Bonds, 914. 72 1 . (Oldßonds, 00. Six per Cent. B on d s , 68. Ditto Scrip, 00. New Loan, 77. (Bank Shares £2l 10s. ) Six per Cent. 92-98. UFive per C e nt. 96A. Three per Cent. 70 . Neapolitan Austrian Spanish Prussian Danish Chili Colombian Peruvian American HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOZIORROO Morning, 0 minutes after 0. 1 Evening, *l6 minutes after "] THE .8-UN. SOLE.II QUIS DICERS FALSUM . AUDEAT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 18e1' There is still no official declaration of the in' tentions of the „Government of France respecting Spain. In the absence of direct and positile avowals, the Public is left to draw its opinion' and to form its judgment from the actual appear' ances of things as they exist. if we could dis' cover in France the activity and bustle of mill' tart' preparation, we should say, in spite d the silence of its Government, and in spite of the many weighty considerations which oppos e the idea of hostilities, that war was d e ter' mined on. When, however, we find that e yed thing remains quiescent •on one side of the Pl' rennees, while all is activity and vigour o n till other,—when we find that France is suffering time to roll on, without taking a single step to• wards availing herself of the permission granted to her by the Verona Congress, while Spain, 00 the other hand, is destroying that insurrection which would have powerfully seconded a foreign incursion, and is strengthening herself both at home and abroad,--when we find that public opinion, both in France and England, is de" cidedly adverse to that act of aggression whic h France certainly meditated,—that the Govern' ment of the latter country has energetically re" rnonstrated against the execution of the project? —and that the project is in itself both dangerou s and unjust,—it is scarcely possible to believe that this ill-omened enterprise will be undertaken' The return of the Duke of WELIANGTort to this country, on the contrary, is or posed to have resulted from the final aban' donment of the hostile designs against Spail l ' That negociations will be continued,_tha t friendly and pacific counsels will be a d ' dressed to Spain, and that, too, through the me" dium of England, with the view of inducing h er to make such concessions as will satisfy Franc e without compromising her own dignity or ind e° pendence, is very probable, and we sincerely hope that endeavours of this kind will be sic • cessful ; but, that war will follow, if the Sp a ' niards should reject the advice which may b e offered to them, cannot now be believed by any discerning or well-informed person. The civilized world is deeply indebted to the DIA ° of WELLINGTON for the address and consummat e ability with which he has conducted the delicate and difficult diplomatic interests committed to him by his country. When his Grace was ar pointed to proceed to Verona, it will be reck lected that an attempt was made to ridicule th e idea of opposing his Grace to the wily and ei t ' perienced Statesmen of the Continental Cabinets. His Grace, however, has proved that he is as we ll qualified to guide in the Council-room as to col tv. mend in the field; and his services in his De vi capacity have been scarcely less valuable to h is country than those which he achieved for be t during so many successful campaigns. In ay e ' ther column we have inserted an extract of a PO° vate letter from Paris, which seems to confir m the previous accounts of a part of the Fren ch Army having deserted and gone over to t llB SpaniaMs. SUN-OFFICE, ONE o'cLocP We have just received the following fr °lll our City Correspondent. We rejoice to obsel le that it strengthens the views which we have 110i ' formly taken of the qu e sti on o f war b e twe e a France and Spain : CITY, 'Twelve o'clock.--This morning an press from Paris has arrived, bringing the French Papers of Monday, which, however, do not COn' tain any information of importance ; but prig ° , intelligence by the s ame c onveyance i s d e cideali pacific. Before the Duk e o f- WELLINGTOI left Paris, his interview with the King of FRANCE Naf most cordial ; and the KING assured him, that be would strain every nerv e f or th e con ti n uance °i peace in Europe. 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