The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-07 00:00:00

IRE BRITISH. PRESS.

LONDON,
THURSDAY, Novsmssa 7, 1844.

We last night received Bayonne Papers to the
30111 October. The following is an extract :

a SAYONNt, OCTOBER 29.

The mall from Spain is tint yet arrived, but we
expect it every moment. The frontier provinces.
which about three weeks ago were in • tolerable
mute of tranquillity, have aesurued • very different
mipearance since Espinosa summoned the troops
away ; the bands of Royalists have become more
numerous and daring than ever, and pillage and
atsessivation are the order of the day. There is no
safety for travellers, who base been plundered in
many places ; the inhabitants especially, if they
are attached to the constitutional system, are still
more in danger; so that the Libelsb dwelling in the
small communes have been obliged to abandon their
habitation., and take refuge in the garrison towns.
Besides the bands of Zabala and Barruha, it may
be mid that the majority of tlw peasants have turn-
ed banditti. In constqnence of this state of things,
and the presence of a bond which holds the road
between Burgos and Madrid, the Government has
resolved that the mails shall not pass by Somosierra,
but by Valladolid ; and if the wrists/1 on the road
from Burgos to (run cannot he reinforced so as to
be a match for the band., then we must not be
surprised if the mail rhoutd be sent front Vallado-
-1111 to Saint Ander, by way of Palencia, and em-
bark there for St. Sebastian, or some other port.
" Such is the melancholy picture of Spain, whose
Government seems not to possess sufficient phy-
sical or moral force to check the enemies of the
listens, who seem to increase at the approach of
winter. The plan of the Royalists to insulate Ma-
rind is insensibly currying into execution in the
north-east provinces, while the bands on the fron-
tire. of Gallicia are increrting, and intercept the
c ..... mutsicati with that province; as for New
Castile, it is notorious that no one can ven-
ture out of the capital without 'liking to be
plundered by the Guerillas ; that is, the poor
Spaniards in those countries threaten to take
up arm., not to defend the cause of the King,
for that would be stating a falsehood, but to plunder
the rich—the Constitution is the pretext. Andalu-
sia and Gollicia still remain steady ; but a reverse in
Catalonia might induce them to revolt, and, therefore.
we see Mina act with the greatest caution, avoiding
ally general action, and remaining in the fortresses.
where he continues to reinforce himself. The Mi-
nistry is certainly in a most critical situation, having
to t ombat with an insufficient force so many internal
ettemiet, as well secret as open and declared. to
struggle with the fatal effects which this state of
thitigs produces in the minds of the people, with the
total di.cogassization of all the branches of the Admi-
nistration. without financial resource. but disadvan-
tageous loans with some French houses, and lastly it
has to cope with foreign influence and the efforts of
the Royalists, who were more determined than ever
to overcome all obvtackie to restore the throne to its

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legitimate pewee. We leave
„yosi.4rjutejtbit will
be the mitt of this state of things, which the peace-
able 4peeiards would willingly ewe calmed, even
with the lid of a forfrign army. We are of opinion
that the above statements, winch we have taken from
the corseaparnltiree of s very reepectible person et
Irien, are rather too highly coloured, and that the
fear of the inhabitants of au invasion of gonads has
eontriboted to make them view things is so unfs.
vourabk a light. though it cannot be denied that
the situation of Navarre and the three provinces is
very critical.

" llsikpast Five, p.m.—No mail yet, nor any
news from the country beyond Iruu sod Urdalz, so
that any statement we might make would ►est on
no solid foundation. Pampelsua was tranquil on
the 24. h."

The Paris Papers tip to Tuesday bare arrived.
They contain accounts from the frontiers of Spain,
which state that • constitutional farce, under the
command of General TORMJOII, has been repulsed
in an attack upon the Army of the Faith.' with a
loss of 600 men, and himself mortally wounded
by • bomb splinter.. The battle is said to have
taken pleat at Castelfolit, but slthough the
wound of the constitutional General is thus accu-
rately described, it is remarkable that neither the
date nor any other circumstances of the action are
noticed. Tim Bayonne Papers lately allotted to some
military operations near Castelfulit, and it will not
surprise us to find that this is not • recent transac-
tion, nor one of any importance. It has been
generally understood that the Spaniards who
fumed refuge and protection within the French
frontier were Royalist,. As a set-off, we are
now told that some of them are Constitu-
tionalists, who hove shooed this indulgence by en-
gaging in a plot, with the aid of some French
smugglers, to liberate souse of their Mend% pri-
soners in the neighbouring part of Spain. If
Fiance would shew a greater anxiety to preserve its
territory from the intrusion of Spaniards of every
description, whether Royalists or Constitutionalist',
it would do couch to relieve itself how the suspi-
cion of entertaining an hostile design upon the in-
dependence of that country.—The French Funds
011 Monday again rallied a little.

The Five per Cease. opened et 93f. !be.; declined to
93 C. 15 e. ; and closed at 93 C. 20 c —Neapolitan. 90} t
Bank Stock, 13111 f. Wt.—Exchange span London, one
month, 23 f. 40e.; at three melba, 23 f. lbe.

We have received New York Papers to the 17th
last. The nialigosnt fever had abated in that city,
hot in Baltimore, Philadelphia and New Orleans,
it continued to make great ravage. The south-
eastern coast of the United States was visited as
the 27th of September by a dreadful hurricane.
It was felt particularly at Charleston and its
vicinity, in which it did great damage. The
storm, which wus of unpietedeuterl violence,
did not subside uutil the afieromin of the 20th.
These Papers abound with accounts of the de-
predations committed by the pirates in the
West Indies. Adverting to this subject, the
Havannah Government Paper remarks, that up
to the year 1822, there were uo pirates, except
the privateer* of Buenos Ayres and Colombia, fit.
ted out in the United States; and that from the
island of Cube not a single man went upon this
" infernal business." They allow, however, that
boats, armed and manned by criminal adventurers,
have sallied forth ; but they assert it to have been
done with the regret of the authorities of the
island, who will not rest till they have succeeded
iu exterminating them ; that this is due to the
commerce and agriculture of the place; and that
the United States will make a common canoe, " for,
that the Power which supplies the moat force to-
wards this important object, will be signalized as
Me friend of Me conunon felicity." As there is
on country more interested in the repression of this
vile system, or move competent to put it down,
than England, we hope she will soon signalize her-
self as that common friend.

The Gn:else of Pied t .rues that the King of
NAPIAIS is expected to arrive ■t Verona on the 3d.
During his absence the Duke of CAt.AttiA will
govern the kiugdom, bet all measures will be de-
cided on in a Council of Ministers, and the rem-
lotions sent to Verona fur the KING'S sanction.
A Frankfort Paper of the 2311 states, on the au-
thority of accounts from Vienna, that his MAJESTY
means to abdicate his Crown, and fix his tesidence
in the Austrian donsininits.
The apses, which has arrived at Liverpool. his
brought accounts from Bahia to the 19th Sep-
tember. The place was in • complete mate of
blockade, and the merchants were all preparing to
leave it, as they were in daily expectation of an
attack.

Letters of the 4th of September, from Rio Ja-
neiro, state that an inquisition had taken 1,111 re onto
the amount of property there belonging to the
Oporto merchants. The object of this proceeding
..as not 'mosso, hut apprehensions appear to have
been entertained by persons interested, that it reins
slot of a friendly nature, and that the liberal rub-
simiption entered into in Portugal by the Oporto
merchants, to support the dift.eient expeditious
destined against Brazil, had not paused tinnunced
by the Government of the Panics REGENT. In-
telligence had reached R.o of the arrival of the ex-
pedinon at Bahia, and rumours were in circulation
that 'armaments on a much larger scale were pre-
pared against the capital itself, which, though un-
true, tended to create a hostile feeling of the meet
violent Nature between the Brazilians end the Por-
tugoese, and to widen the breach between them.
The PIIINCI RIMIXT had gone to the province of
Si. Paul's, frmo whence his WWII was auxerusly
expected. Commerce of every kiod was elateorlY
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