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at Manreata, in orditir
; who did not concerd
ha& the villainy to
ey. against the existing'
committed to prison, Gni
pretence of conduct.
:hey are to be trig&
w leagues, when th •
The reign of terrori
however, from that which
nuch as our terrorists die-
.olutionary tribnivala; they
trouble to disguise their
des. AU that they de-
blood.

an informer, and, if
...: secret societies, the
. and some of the members un-
detillie .:eeeete them. One of these cannibals
lately prelposed to hi itesacre in the prisons; by assault,
al) whberere in confinement for their polltidal opinions.
The Inquisition, in its worst and most terrific era, ne-
ver skewed such a disregard for the tames do these
modern inquititors. ' --- en- •.il,,
'The requisition for horses is -enforced with the
greatest activity in the different provinces. Two hun-
dred have been collected in La Mancha.
(mom emote.) .
. • ' MADRID, DECEMBER 14.
' MM. Pltirro and Johann, both writers in the dis-
gusting Journal entitled the Zurriego, have just been
sidled,' the former to the Isle of Ivies, and the latter
so the Canaries. They ere both chiefs of the Comte-
mei* faction. The publication of as order for the
wile of the-revoletionnry Apostle, Romero Alpuente,
is every moment expected in Madrid, whom it has
heed decided baisend from the capital.
The " factious" have intercepted a courier dies
!itched (min ltfideid -to 'Mit *Mails and Hubbard,
at Paris, and took from liiiitiediapirtatus, because
they contained some Joutelehr; 1" - -'• ' ' . •
•!`/".''.. - '. '7ll RATOBBIi, DECEMBER 12.
Nothrtietifhiard bf at Bteyonne but war, and we
are on the eyed great 'eeetits. ; Navarre is soon to
be for the Army of the Faith what Catalonia- lately
was, with this difference, that it affords more resources,
and that aid can be obtained front the Basque Pro-
vinces, whose fidelity is invincible. Weexpect hers
another Convoy, whirls, it hi said, it in the - offing.
but cannot enter in consequence of the bad weather;
It is now six weeks since any vessel could pass the
bar. The horse artillery staff it under orders fd
Toulouse; to recruit and remount. Several Cabinet
and Commercial couriers passed through here yes 4
tirtfay. It is said that the Regency which was at Ure
gei,itecoming hither to await an occasion of re-enter.
ing• Spain. '
Every thing indihates that a serious engagement
striH shortly take place between the Royalist and
tonstitutonalist troops which occupy Navarre. The
latter hare approached our frontier in several quer-
Ind: It ioears to be their design to surround the.
Army of the Faith, commanded by General O'Doneel,l
*lnd to cutoff ail the passes into 'France. Fourteen,
hundred men occupy the town of Bastan, and *beta
yie same number are distribute,: at different poinheof
communication. General Assure commands thit
division. It is supported by the garrison of Pampe-
Jana, which has lately left that fortress, and now
SAkiupies the environs of Ronceveaux and Lumbiees:
'Ttheitoyalists appear to care little about these move-
ittelitili'l ft is affirmed that they aft pained' in'the
m t favourable positions, and that their numbers are
fu :Selig' td those of the enemy. O'Donnel is
ilelyleorgadising his forces; it appears that his
era fitnriiitij, ppeiations will soon be terminated, and
that the funds placed at his disposal in -furtherance of
them are nearly exhausted.
LISBON, DECEMBER 6.
AVe take no illusory view of things. Portugal
'Mint entirely follow the chance of Spain. She must
conquer with her, or bury herself in the same tomb.
Consequently she is ready to unite armies, and to
,forma holy and sacred alliance, against which all
efforts will fail. If the Treaty of Alliance between
. Viese tWo Powers have not yet been signed;we must
41eather consider it as owing to the incapacity of the
Negociaturs, than a want of will on the pert of the
44overninenti. All is, however, terminated; and very
liieson thi two nations will be only one. The King. of,
Europe will shortly learn, that the Spaniards and
"'Portuguese have sworn to live and. die together.—
Le Regitlateur.
We (La Ruche crApeitaine) yesterday stated, that
movements had been made by the Royalist troops in
Navarre; the following is an official statement of the
situation of the troops in that Spanish province : ,
The army of the Liberaux, commanded by General
Torrijos, was, at the end of last month, at Vittoria.
and General O'Donnel had his head-quarters at Lum-
biesrfive 'leagues from Paineetuna. On the 30th of
NoveMber,Torrijos proceeded to the latter town, and
postettliii troops in the neighbouring villages ; the
' Royalist General maintained his position, and prompt-
ly sentlgor a portion of his soldiers which he had sent,
M two columns, to the five towns of Arragon, and to
the villages of Rivera de la Navarre. These two di-
eisMns, wariest went to recruit, soon returned, after
having fulfilled the object on which they were dig
patched.
At the same time Lieutenatt-Genetal O'Donnel or-
dered Colonel Don Juan Gonzal.iz to occupy Montreal
with a battalion and twenty.horse to observe the ene-
my. In pursuance of these instructions, the Colonel
_ .

eaced tics advanced sentinels under the very wells of
ramPeluna. •
Torrijos left Pampeluna on the 3d, with all Ilia,
coops, and tqpk. possession of Avis. Oa the, 6th.
General O'Donnel quitted Lumbies, and precipitately,
took the road to Vittoria. passing through Estava with
%tires battalions of infantry, and one hundred sad
twentyliorse, leaving three battalions and thirty des-,
,goons under the orders of Colonel Nunez Abreu,
'whom he directed to take up a position at len, one'
league from Lumbies. Torrijos quitted Aviz on the
&tune day, and entered Lumbies ; but he abandoned it
ifir "th 1?' bY

SAMIIIII49H MAILS,... ,
• - . copal/HAGEN, DEC Runt ,
On Saturday 'afternoon his Royal Frighniii.
Crown Prince of Sweden arrived here, accompanied by

an escort of cavalry, and took up the apartments pre-
pared for him in thg. Royal palace, which he occupied
on his first viat. On Sutylay he visited their Majesties
and dined at the Royal table. His Royal Highneis
set out this morning for Elsinore, and erased the
Sound to Helsinborg, where he will give an enter-
tainmeat this evening.
On Saturday night an alarming fire broke oat in a
distillery in the middle of the city, but' it was fortu-
nately extinguished in a few hours without having
done much damage.
sToettopt.w, IlippllßEß 10.
The Crown Prince is expected to return to Sweden
the 16th or 17th. The inhabitants of the province of
Socania are making great preparations to receive him.
ST. erreasauttott, NOV LUDES. 90.
Colonel !Conjoin has been 'forhidden, as well as the
Counsellor of State, Lubin, of the Academy of Arts, to'
enter Moscow or St. Petersburgh. Several shop• and
warehouses of manufactured goods in Moscow have
been sealed up by Commissioners sent from St. Peters-
burgh,on suspicion of having prohibited goods conceal-
ed in them. The regiment's Of the Russian guards
are now partly in barracks here, and'partlythitributed
in battalions and squadrons in the Government of St.
Petersburgh.
nednosza. 4.
Ott the .30tb November there was sa much drifting
ice on the Newa that the oommunicatiou was wholly
interrupted. Now the Nellie is quite five from ice, the
bridges are replaced, and the thermometer is at 0.
It is said that the Emperor, when he leaves Verona,
will go to Stutgard and Brussels.
,The obsequies of the Duca de Serracapriola, Nea-
politan Mipister at this Court, were performed the day
before yesterday in the Catholic 'Church. He has
filled the office of Minister here 39 years, and enjoyed
general esteem. His lady it a 'daughter of Print*
Wasenisky; Treastirer of the Eritliire under Caroline 11.
It is said the oaly son of the deceased will succeed
him.

•_7oo' BERI.III, DECEMBER 17.
The conferences of the Deputies from the Rhenish
Provinces On the formation of ProvAneitil-States, still
continue under the direction of the Crow Prince,
assisted by the three principal Commissioners, two or
three times i week, and BM tow nearly concluded,
as the Deputies return home next weiet.
bale;•-•- • FRANKFORT, DECEMBER 14.
111,.Isimpprted mat after the close of the Congress
at Veroneb ;the affairs of the German Confederation,'
and especially the Diet, will be the subject of parti-
cular conferences between Prince Metternich ask
co-nit Bernstorff. if. ',lift I
,
There is a report here that Plenipoteattaties um"
all the Great Powers are shortly to go to Madrid.
M. Meier,. President of the Municipal Council sJ,
Reinach, in.the Canton of Basle, has been condernn-
ed to deprivation °lbis Office, three years confine.;
ment in chains, and all costs, for having taken
money for issuing evidently false certificates for corn,
which was forwarded by merchants of Berne.
FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA, NOVEMBER 30.
The second army, under Wittgenstein, and that
under the Grand Dake (which last include the Polish
army), are still in their positions, well prepared for ac-
tion: no movements are yet observed among these,
troops. It is hoped that the answer of the Porte to
the proposals which Lord Strangford takes to Con-
stautinctple,will be such that his Majesty tbs Emperor
Alexander will not be compelled to draw thirst/ord.
We- have just learnt that the separate4orps of
Count Woronzoff (to which a very fine division
sars has been added) will not march back to Krentl-
nezeck, but remain in the Austrian frontiers till the

Attult of the conferences at Verona is known.
DAMBURGII, DECEMBER 17.
•
The frost, which has continued for some days, has
filled the Elbe with drift ice, so that to-day no ships
.have sailed. Some vessels lower down the river,
bound to this city, have been stopped by the ice.
The communication with Hamburgh is open.—(liant-
-60911 Papers, December 20.)
Exchange on London-36 6 ; 36 Si.

Sr. Seutatax—Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, and East
India and South Sea Must s.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LOA DON,
THURSDAY, Dactmaza 26, 1822.

We have given in a preceding part of the Paper
extracts from the extravagant Ultra Papers from Paris
of Sunday and Monday last, for the special purpose
of exhibiting fairly the inventions, misrepresentations,
and calumnies which the wishes of the enemies of
the Peninsular Revolution produce. In such papers
news from Spain are invariably fictions. Their na-
tural or hired hostility to representative Government
induces them to distort every event in a revolutionized
country, and their maniac impressions respecting the
French Revolution assimilates every thing in Spain
to the ill-omened names of that disastrous period.
FERDINAND IS of course Louis XVI., the Cortes is
the Convention, and the Landaburian Society is
the Jacobin Club. When a battle, an execution,
or a procession takes place in Spain, the Ultra
Redacteur looks for the .cunist7 id clip

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Ob.. Ada' 4TI
'Madness, fit tile hbust of th-sk-'lleneitgen might
be infected with the revolutionary cQata on, and
there is the mere reason in the. fears of the Ultra
insanes in France, because on the very site of their
dwelling stood lately a furiously revolving windmill.
tVe have seen an hottest fisherman who had long been
in the habit of bolding the end of a fishing net while
he stood in a small and perpetually undulating boat,
and who, upon being employed on firm ground in
bolding the end of a long pule, undulated precisely
as if he were in his boat. So.exactly it is with the
French commentators upon Spanish affairs, though

the materials dare as different from those of France
thirty years kg's-as terra firma from the sea, yet they
undulate in the very same manner as when they
held their net in the troubled waters of the French
Revolution. We subjoin entrust from the papers of
Monday.
nen, DEMISES 23.
Yesterday- the King transacted business with the
Marshal Duke of BeUuno, Minister at War.
In pursuance of the decree of the Court of Cassa-
tion, in the affair of the Journals, the Attorney-
General to the Royal Court of Amiens has summoned
the responsible Editors of the Conshtutionnel, the
Courier Francais, and the Pilote, to appear on the
30th of this month before the Court of Assize of
that city. •
•• -v‘.6.a4 PERIIIOIIIIIIII, DECEMBER 15.
I' TB*TtECT OF A PRIVATE LETTERI
Don Francis Sola, Canon of Tortosa,
self a member of the Regency arid head of the Inqui
sition, arrived yesterday from Cerdagne.
General Soler* and several other officers, forming
part of the corps which entered by the canton of
Prats de Mollo, have also arrived.
This 'morning General Grimarest, Colonel Martinez,

and two officers of carabineers, set out for Toulouse.
It was said they came from Marseilles for the purpose
of entering Catalonia; but the Army of the Faith is
no longer in existence there. •.h,,.1 r•lrt

VICIIIMIL 17.

The insurrection IF ceasing in all the neighbouring
Prb Spain ; the band of the Cure Zabala is
antrikilated;• nearly all the officers, superioF ,and in-
ferior, have taken refuge in France:. they Ax . with-
in out walla. The couriers from Madrid, and all
quarters of the Peninsula also mire without expe-
riencing any delay. The term of the amnesty granted
to the Navarrese by General Torrijos expires on the
20th ofahis month; we know that a great number of
the soltirs who were with Charles O'Donnel have
returned to their homes. O'Donnel, alarmed at this
desertioni p
,extremely anxious to be removed. A
General named,Laguna, whom we have seen here fur
some days past, it is said, is about to replace
O'Donnel.
• MADRID, DECEMBER 14.
(EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE I.ETTER.I

A 'new treaty of commerce between our Govern-
iOntitntt that of England is talked of more than
•
ever,. itp, injury which it will. do to the southern
proviagstif,F,niuce cannot be disguised, as their re-
lations are supported in an especial degree by those
with Spain bet if the policy of France is hostile to
us, can we hesitate ititfitelt speguciation, and shall
we, with reaaon, be reproacibi4 sua Account of the ad-
vantages which we should grant to a Power which
refuses to join die enemies of our liberty and our
independence ? The Spanish Administration has just
entered into a fresh contract with a foreign house,
for a prompt supply of ninety thousand muskets.
Meantime the manufacture of arms in the Peninsula is
proceeding with increased activity; the work goes on
night and day. Several bankers of the most opulent
houses in London have sent agents to Madrid, with
fall powers to negotiate for the new loan of forty
millions (reals) opened by the Spanish Government;
Sir R. Cox is of the number.
The national armies continue to triumph in all
points. The civil war is nearly concluded.
In the sitting of the Cortes on the Bth, the Minister
of Marine proposed to apply a part of Abe extraor-
dinary funds assigned him to the building of ten ships
of the line, twelve frigates, and thirty brigs. • This
' project has been referred to a special committee. The
following decree has been issued :

" Ferdinand by the grace of God and the Constitution of
the Spanish Monarchy, lice.
The Extraordinary Cortes, after having observed all the
formalities prescribed by the Constitution, bare decreed as
follows :

a. All convents and monasteries, either abandoned or
situated in places whose population does not amount to more
'than 4.0 inhabitants, are from this moment suppressed. The
Government will distribute the religieve of the suppressed
convents among those which shall still be maintained, and
will apply their revenues to the credit of the public, acoording
to the regulations of fbrmer Decrees, with an understanding
that the revenues shalt continue subject to the judicial charges,
ci►il and ecclesiastical, which were before imposed upon
them. The Monastery of St. Laurent de ('Escurial is ex-
cepted from this enactment, until the Cortes can direct their
attention to the proper means of preserving that magnificent
edifice, and to the purpose to which it should be applied for
the interest of the nation.

" I. Tho fourteen frontier places which aro about to be de•
dared in estate of war, shall not be allowed to receive the
religious of the suppressed convents, although their popula-
tion may amount to more than 4N inhabitants."
(Signed with the King's hand the Ist of December.)

It seems that in the Landaburian Society they are
engaged in preparing the public mind for a general
amnesty in favour of the infetior officers, non•com-
missiooed officers, and soldiers, who were drawn into
the ranks of the rebels by' some ambitious persons,
and to limit the punishment to a small number of the
Idr ord bar the • .‘ of

It. .001
that limiter aahurea of prohibited merchandise ha;e
been made in other commercial places in Russia.
- •• • 3. ,
The French Funds left off on Monday, for_money,
at 88, being a decline from the_ prices of
_Saturday.
They had been lower than 88 in the course of the
day ; and at four o'clock they were at 88f. 10c. for
the account.
•

The crisis to which things have come in Ireland not
only warrants, but.calls for particular attention to the
general state of that country. In our Paper of yes-
terday we 'hewed that the triumphs of our glorious
Revolution ought not to be celebrated in Ireland, since
there the majority view those triumphs as memorials
of defeat and conquest. We also endeavoured to
prove that the conciliation proposed by the advocates
of fair legislation in Ireland is, in fact, only a palliation
of unparalleled aggressions, and not a generous boon
from a powerful and liberal nation. The great ob-
jection to the full admission of Roman Catholics to
the civil rights of Protestants is, that the Constitution
requires the KING to be Protestant. Now we think
that objection is completely met by the single peculi-
arity that the KING is necessarily owe HEREDITARY
NAQISTRATE. The Members of the House of Corn-
-9104111 are elective.; the Members of the House of
Peers are in possession of titles and lands independ- '
ently of their legislative functions, and their number
may be indefinitely increased ; therefore the qualifi-
cations of the Members of both Houses ought to vary
according to the various classes of the community for
whom they legislate. The KING, being one, ought to
represent the majority : wherever there is a national
assembly it ought, to represent the several parties in
the nation. But the Roman Catholics may become
Privy Counsellors, and influence the mind, if not con-
vert the conscience of the Monarch. The probability
of such a result is to be first considered. We do not
mean to argue it, we only suggest it for the calculating
faculties of the enemies of Emancipation. Roman Ca-
tholics may be Privy Counsellors, but their ascendancy
in the Council is the subject of consideration. Then
suppose they get an ascendaney, are, persons in their
rank and views in society indeed likely to .exercise
their ascendancy in conferences to convert the Mo-
narch to Popery? But suppose him converted, he
is no longer King of these realms. The danger appre-
hended by the *good old opponents of Catholic Eman-
cipation seems to be, that all the Protestant people
would be converted, end both. Houses of Parliament
would repeal the Act of Settlement. This, indeed,
would be a fearful result; but we have not such an
extravagant opinion of forcible demonstration orta-
tholic tenets, or of the persuasive address of the
professors of that religion.
But we do not mean to enter into this nnequaldis-1
cussion. Our object is to show, iu a intone limber.'
that the Clergy of the Established Church in England'
are specially, peculiarly, and strongly bound to sup-
port the Roman Catholic Claims. We mean this as
no paradox or refinement, but as a plain exposition of
undeniable truth.

Peri Pas= has got a luminous article upon conti-
nental politics, in which he displays more than ordinary
penetration, and 'rises to the sublimcst altitudes of a
statesman. Here are his precious periods—no, it is
but one apparent period :

"We understand that the Continental Powers have fully
determined not to recognize the present slate of affairs in
Spain; as, indeed, how could they, unless they were prepared
to have it inferred, that the policy they adopted with regard
to Piedmont and Naples, was founded upon no diatinct and
fundamental principle, conservative of legitimacy and of the
rights of thrones—(rights as indubitable as those of subjects),
but upon the accidental circumstance of the comparative fa-
cility with which revolution might be coerced in those
countries."

The intrinsic truth and the political importance of
the above sententious observation must be obvious to
all readers. We would therefore merely offer our
tribute of admiration of the profound parenthesis--
" the rights of thrones as indubitable as those of sub-
jects !"—Thrones are timber, and subjects are flesh'
and blood. Is this the meaning of Puri Passe? No,
that is not it, he means by thrones the sitters thereon,
videlicet, Kings. The rights of Kings are as indu-
bitable as those of subjects. Most tftiquestiona-
Vy they are, for houses grow out of the earth as indu-
bitably as fir trees. A King can have uo right with-
out subjects, that is, no regal right, for one's own King
is not the King of Pari Passe; and therefore, ergal,
no subject can have any right without a King. Can
he, for instance, have a right to eat, drink, ride, walk,
or speak ? indubitably not.

But we are ashamed of having so far played with
this idle fool. The rights of Kings are net allowed in
this country to be divine, and one must therefore re-
gard them as certain fixed privileges, conferred upon
Kings by their subjects for the purpose of enabling
them to perform their high and important duties. The
rights of subjects are the rights of man, divine and
unalienable. These are truisms in the estimation of
the very Tories of this country. It is only a poor
frothy scribbler, who is so grossly ignorant of the
Constitution and Administration of this country as to
confound the former with the autocracy of Russia, and
the latter with the Ultra Ministers of France, that cat)
write such an expression as the one to which we have
particularly adverted.

The same Petri passu Journal says—" Let the know-
ledge of a decisive step creep out, before the step itself
is taken, or, at least, before it is completely ready
for adoption."—" But though the one fact is still left
in comparative doubt, there is no lack of authentic
matter from which a tolerably sound conculsiun may
drawn as to what shape that fact will ultimately
assume." Once again—" The current of human
affairs is not so uncertain as ►he capricious nature of
human motives might lead superficial observers to
expect." This is the Government Paper of England,
and " follows, pari passe," the style of a late cele-
brated Secretary ibr Foreign Affairs.

We have learned on authority on which we can rely,
that the Duke of WELLINGTON experienced great

Of/0Y in prevailing on the Allied Sovereigns to
abandon their determination to invade the liberties o
The firm and dignified tone which he assum
ed was worthy, we understand, of a free and magna
intone people—worthy also of the Representative o
a Monarch who rules over a generous and enlightener
nation. England, he assured them, would not re.
I main a passive spectator, if any foreign Power :haul(
forcibly interfere in the concerns of Spain, or interim
to dictate a form of government contrary to the wil
of the Spanish nation. This is aii• it' should be—thi:
makes us exult in the name of EngliShmen.
Britain ever thus stand forward to protect the wealt,ti
resist " the oppressor's wrong," and to speak defianc,
to any confederacy that would crush the nascent liber
ties of an unoffending and independent people
We understand, likewise, dud the Ultras in Franc
are highly indignant that their malignant design
should be thus disappointed, and can hardly yet per
suade themselves that war will not take place. TM
is also as it ought to be. To fret at the rising supe
riority of others is envy's guilt, and its sharpest pu
nishment.

The detachment of 4illicen of the Ordnance Departmet
(under the direction of Major Tunas. Coutv, of the Royal Er
gineers), employed in dm Trigoacanctmeal Survey in the Wes
eva Islas of Scotland, have recently returned from thence t
the Tower the scum not allow:rig them t eoutinue their lab<
rious dudes in throe islands. L. t!.e spring they will return t
thowuse part. Other .tietnebtnents in various places in l
Britain will remain sad erttii.oc the survey as the wear!,
will permit them. The stations are, Ayrshire, Northern Cow
ties of North Wales, and the Esstern Counties of Eagland.
:„ r. CA N N Iwo arrived at the Palace on Mon&
and had the honour of dining with his MAJESTY.:
The Marquis and Marchioness of BATH, the Earl an
Countess of WARWICK, Lord JOHN TOWNSHEEI
and Mr. GREEN WOOD. were also inc;Uded in the Roy;
dinner party. The additional company in the evenin
included the Earl of UXBRIDGE, Lord BINGHAI
Colonel Cavity mitt, Colonel troon, Mr. Ih Roo
and the Han. Mr. Erroit, of the Life Guards ; Lot
W. TH TWEE, Lord W. PAULETT, and Colonel 9
EDWARD BLAIIINEY, of the Royal Fusileers ; LAC
LOu'ISA MYERS:, Mrs. CAVENDISH, and General S
EDWARD and Lady Kaaaisou. Mr. Canwitio toc
leave, and returned to London yesterday (Tuesday).-
Brighton Chronicle.
When the Clergy of Durham —or rather some iodic
(14 or indiiidit*Of thatbody-.—instructed theArror
ily.Gari &ph, tie Palatinate to More fora Crina
nal infonoation spinet us, they expected, we Iniagin
either to extinguinh cis in a moment, or at least td i
timidate na into concession and future silence iisTitc
ing them and their concerns. How far the result k
corresponded with their views, it is not for us tri ti
but we may venture to observe, that the prOieciiion
which they so heedlessly instituted, and which 'fie
suspect they by this time sCrioubly lament they 619
began, has acquired a decree of importance on whif•
they never calculated. The number of the Edinbur .
1104* just published, contains a long and It
article on the subject of." Clerical Abuses," to'Whi,
the attention of the Reviewer has been particiiiii;v
mfrOtcd,hy ijsAhLrlef,of the Editor of this Paper, and
the poSit efal. speech of Mr. BROUGHAM on that ac
ptpicr- That their 'object was to harass and oppnesb
AV PAM irtia.,4luatif, ihennielves, there can be to
,dPitialloy,aiherwriie they would have 'one before a
Grand Jury in their own county, with their comPlaii •
instead ofWying to the Court of King's Benc
.ttly'k that the, latter mode would be most
expensive and Vosiblitioase to us--a stablest sad
right worthy motive for the choice they made. 1F be
sure there was also the, chaoCietifit Grand Jowl throw-
ing out the bill had They Preferred' one --a 'aeons-
stance to be taken into' account. Though, .hovniver,
they obtained a critninal information; though they
have also got a verdict, such as it is; though they
have subjected us to great loss and inconvenience and
some anxiety of mind ; though the matter is still sus-
pended over us, and we may yet be consigned to
dungeon for their gratification; they have not rms.!:
reason to congratulate theniselve.s on the balance a
their favour. They stand exposed to the world in
their real colours ; and the notoriety they hive
ac-
quired is not of the most enviable description.—Thir-
hone 'Chronicle.

LYNN, DECEMBER 23.-0.1. Saturday last a novel
proceeding took place at Grirnsione, in Norfolk. • 'Fpr-
cible possession having been taken of a piece of land
belonging to the Rev. 0, DAMP Es, as Rector of that
parish, complaint, wee Made to Sir Wst. B. FoExts,
a neighbouring Justice of the Peace, who, under au-
thority of the Act of Bth Hes ItT VI. cap. 9, Imbed
his precept to the High Sheriff, for sunitudart
jury, to meet at Grimstone, and inquire into thi fact,
in pursuance of which the jury met, who being
sworn, and a charge delivered to them by the Jtistice,
heard the evidence produced on both sides, and aft(' •
wards returned a verdict of the forcible entry. Whet,
upon Sir WILLIAM, attended by the Sheriff's officer.
and constables, proceeded to the spot, and reinstat-
ed Mr. BARNES in his land, and afterwards reqtdred
the aggressors to find sureties for keeping the peace.—
Bury Gazelle.
An the year
.1736, when two Aldermen and eight
Comasoi Councilmen were appointed a Comaiiittee
to. consider in what manner the Act of Parliateei..
" for the better enlightening the streets i.f Londor
might be' put in execution, they presented a Report,
of which the following is an'extract
" There were 1481 houses under the rent of tot. per ammo.
4,341 or 101. and under sot.; 3,04501.'10. and und..rgel.Mas-
of Mil. and orate( 401.; and 3,092 of 401. and upwards. L ~!I
these were 14,014 houses inhabited and chargeable, whi
were shout 400 less than the -Committee imagined. T
number of lamps required was about 4,100, exclusive OW
wanted fur public buildings and sold ',laws, tiled at Limit
bee yards dedanee on each side of the say in the high Wee'
and thirty-tire in lesser streets and lanes. The several War
agreed fur lighting them at an &scrag° of sis. a-year p
lamp, at which rate the expeeic amounted to so;tol. for t
4,200 lamps; the thing of the,se on posts, and ir.ns. avert& '
at 14s. ed. each, 3,001. ; total expense, 5,601. The rates
supply which sum were as follow : houses under ten voltam,
3s. 6d. p. r annum; under twenty ;winds. ls. 6J.; Lade(
thirty pounds, 81., under redly pounds, 9s, tal.; upwards .1
f,rty pounds, its. Whatan astonishing change Rave sight,
six years produced!

Sir DAVID MONCRRITFE, Bart. has presented t:
Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth wilts a' re
handsome donation of two beautiful gOld coins •.
ROBERT 11., two gold (St. Andrew's) of ROBERT 11
and six silver coins of RoBERT III; two of the tact •
struck at Perth, and all in the finest preservatio
They were turned up by the plough on the farm
Balgony, in the parish of Abernethy, belonging to F.
DAVlD.—Perth Courier.

DREADFUL AEFRAT.—On Saturday night la
(21st inst.), at a late hour, a party of keepers, on tl
estate of Mr. WADDINOTON, of Catenham, encou
tered in their rounds a gang of poachers, who i •
staidly gave the word to fire, and discharged a Volt
at the keepers, three of whom returned the fire, at
closed upon the marauders. There were nine of tl
poachers and ten of the keepers. 'A desperate co
flier ensued, which terminated by six of the' form
being secured and conveyed to our gaol. 'Stdfif Uwe
injuries have been sustained on bath sides, big nous
likely to lead to fatal resufts.— Dui; Vsuctie.

. FRENCH PAPERS.
.‘; • .
PARIS, DRC13118E5.423.
The King heard mass in his apartment yesterday.
Lirtttlre Ministers, the. PapaH`kuncio,
Prince TalleTrend, the Marshals, many Peers, several
Deputies, the Prefect of the Siene, and a great num-
;bete flistlirelcifta 'the-honour of paying their court
• 'btiteirty yeitterdaj:..' '
b. VOWED die Giese *ele• Noire of Monday"
Zebtrolutionary party commit the most horrible
• At Rtinidi; ***eh as at Manama, in order
rcklet rid of respectable persons who did not concar
witb-them.in their theories, they ha& the villainy to
r that they were conspirators against the existing
Msreirnment. They were committed to prison, and
Jkitsrards withdrawn, upon the pretence of conduct-
.rik them to the cities where they are to be tried.
Sat/. cely had they proceeded a few leagues, when they
trOf all inhumanly massacred. The reign of terror
%its bkgsto here; k differs, however, from that which
rralled- in France. inasmuch as our terrorists dis-
persed even with the revolutionary tribunals; they
410'not ligirethemielves the trouble to disguise their
auissinationt by legal formalities. All that they de-
s-it:is to alley their thirst of blood.
Every cetismanere is a spy, an informer, and, if
"led' tie, 'an -ExVentioner. In the secret societibs, the
vomiting are eyed *non, and some of the members un-
dertake to' iteente them. One of these cannibals

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tengue nom 'marines. i orrijos (lumen /am on the
or
same day, and entered Lumbies ;but he abandoned
am the rt , " h and was pursued as far as Panipeluna by
ptkidity
aabliesvtetrotsopast;
ex
act recital of-the movements of
,•titre armies in Navarre up to the Bth inst. We
. .
tiently await the result of the operation of General
with .
("Doane) against Vittoria.
~. , ,
~, ,1 We r'gret to state that Major Itnamtotr, a gentle.-
tleritan well known in this town, on Saturday last, met ~ B
' sit► a fatal accident at Kingston', in Saucy, by the
42;61u:sing of his gig. The Major was so severely _
injured, that he expired in a few hours.—Briglitis
CAteuticie.
or a procession takes place in Spain, the Ultra and to limit the punishment to a small number of the
Redacteur looks for the circumstances and clta• leaders, in order to exhaust the source of conspiracies
racier, not in authentic documents or probable in future. This sound policy is approved of by all
information, but. in his own sensitive feelings and good men; we arc strong enough to be generous.—
"I'Pa- craven recollections. This is a well known trick Constitutionnet.
all insane ersons. A entleman of this order P gwrstc, DECEMBER H.
, . being lately told that France was determined to make Commercial intelligence states that important
war against Spain, answered with strong emphasis, seizures of prohibited merchandise have been
y o—, they are quite right, for I could not be at made at Moscow, particularly of Indian cloths,
peace in that house, which I quitted on account ci the of which immense quantities had been laid up in
windmill, whine revolutions were iii'dtelts: and'all at the vrarehouses• in that• city. This proceeding has
,my door." No doubt there was some method in this spread great consternation in Moscow. It is presumed
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