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proach of the conatitutienal troops iu time to re-
treat, leaving only the commis, which his first suf-
fered the inevitable punishment of all these
wretches. Many of them finding themselves at-
tacked by the troops and the national militia, tsild.
Jounnito that be had deceived them by assoring
guilt that they would find assistance every where,

and trout persons of all classes, and they have left
him to return home, cursing their own credulity.
Another letter of the 24th says, that Don Santos
Ladron commanded those who were beaten at
Mete ; that the number of killed was above 50.
The rest are pursued in various directions, and it
is confirmed that numbers of these deluded people
sill Winning to their homes.
...assesal Lopez Banos was at Puente la Reins on
the reeling of the 2 1 st, where the Political Chief
of Pamplona arrived the same day.
Very satisfactory accounts have been received in
the capital from the moveable column of the pro.
Agee of Mava, which is in pursuit of the factious,
germl of whom have been made prisoners. Col.
Pesos, who commands part of the troops in pursuit,
highly praises the volunteers of Vittoria, who en•
dure every fatigue, es well as the soldiers tf the

Bewail-the regiment Impetisl Alexander. •
111 A • t INAVAID. DECIIMIMMIbite"
In elossequeoce of what passed at Gerona on the
14th, several detachment". of militia from the
neighbouring places rewired to that 'place on the
15th sod 16th, all of whom have returned to their
homes except those of Figuerres, with whom and
other troops the neighbouring country ligni,l,X44
reconnoitred, the very few factious who were still
together dispersed, sod the arms that were to be
found in the villages near the place, collected and
brought away, that the ill.dispostd might not make
use of them. Two of the insurgents being shot
on the 17th, and as amnesty published, sboot'7o
have appeared to take advantage of it. __ I
The Govern[ of Venesque writes ea • the,llth,
luau nothiog new had been observed is that pit of
the frontier relative to the approach erl'eve*b
troops.
.1 Le. 6.444.3 .J
It seems that some insurgents hew applott,d'in
Biscay, but it is probable that they will not be able
~mite in a body, as the Governmentbas sent we.
ster express, for pert of the troops to go to Bioeijb
which were sent iu that direction on account of lbe
Ifillitts in Navarre, and General Lopes Banos idle
s able to detach part of bin column and stifle each
Ogees in their
feramteihieltiateteakeleeiag in all &needle.
tgrrards the' polka where the hiturrection has Sillii-
testad itself, give reason to hope that they williae
able 1Q exterminate the ramble wC4ltni. !prow
obliged to be long under arms; es s.r•c•ca,
Ars Arragon the judieio) Proredingi against the
Oselags of Coupe and Ahninis are c.intinuird with
rinlt'activity. In the first of those places the chief
aisalsoders are in prima This ComsraSeisst Ge-
'o44lly going to A ItintitthillOs the inikeedings
against the factious of that pkg., itilin;asi 'we _hare
laid Whim, ere a IMbafl 'nutalktef
• • . • .
~...110:pt
e? Wginge#Bll
jbliVilbe omega Arregon, the dosomebiont,lbeissal
has ordered the Governor': of Jacon with home tn*ps
to cover.the frontier of that province,.'nd if they
are dispersed, to go to Huesca to restore tranquillity,
which has been again disturbed. The troops which
haste marched from Condon., Valencia', and New
Castillo, for Arragon, *eve enabled the Com-
mandant General not only's/regime tranquillity in
the military division under Tits command, but 1)/o
to send powerful aid to Navarre.
',AMMO, DECEMBER 29.
• The King attended Ireeirwelso Council of•tiente,
which sat from fiiilf4ooo3lClill three in the sf.
tertroon.

The Government has received to-day, by express,
a dispatch-from the wicsaeabie column, which states
that on the 25th tilacidflif 7 or 800 insurgents
were assembled near Il.arrahizar: a detachment ot
50 ehasseurs and eig/Malitaffry advancing against
them ; they coniruenced a frisk fire, forming them-
selves into companies, end occupying a strong po-
, win
• ~., •
o. they usaintaiued their ground fur a consider.
able time, but being taken in Runk retied to tit
. neighbouring 61.01 as 44.„5rerelhere puriued les
fur as the difficulties of the ground, the darkness
of the night, and the excessive fatigue of the vic-
torious troops, would allow. The rebels hat
twenty killed and fifty were taken prisoners. The
remnant of the factious who remained together
went to Beunzs, whither the minims was to pro-
ceed the following day in pursuit of them.

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The same courier also brought accounts from the
provinces of Burgos and Alava, where perfect Iran,
quillity prevails. Troops had gone from the lit
ter to pursue a band of factious in Biscay.
MADRID, DECEMBRI 31.

A courier has arrived to-day from Palencia, slat-
ing that there has been a trifling disturbance in
that city, originating is a dispute bets era a militia-
man and a peasant : a proclamation from the Po-
litical Chief.attica it to have beets immediatel
supitetiaillublt davareastires adopted, and by the
arrialtriirliAtaptain General of Old Castille with
his pain► The ringleaders are arrested. The
Cortes hive been chiefly occnpied with the penal
code, and with the division of the Spanish terri•
tory.— ( Madrid Papers, December 31.1

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mao.---o-e--- - , be remitted to half their amount, viz—msl:,
'TIE BRITISH PRESS
salt, beer, tobacco, and .nuts; which [Prinz
• • duly estimated, your Lordship will find Ow
e - the amount of the taxes so reduced by half of ths7
1 LONDON, . produce, will equal the sum of 4,304,4331. ;my
statement then will stand thus :---i
' MONDAY. JANumit 14, Ins. Total as above ... £ 10,912P5
1 Total of the half of the lart-lasered Tortes )
The Paris Niels' orWeffnesday and Thursday to be deducted r 4,304,43:1
have arrived. We Iltieiy stated that Viscount
1 Total to be provided by the New Tax e• d,ois,'lts
CHAVNAUIRIAID will succeed the Duke DR
I " Your Lordship will be aware that this Want:
CAW as Ambassador to England. This appoint- exceeds by 615,2251. the amount I have takeu i,.,
t' menc is stated in the Monitear. The same piper the produce of the proposed tax ; but, as I rule,-
, announces the appointment of M. Ds Smolt, late, by your expected reduction of the raptor!.
Minister of State and Member of the Chamber of tore, that you will be enabled to remit some tiv .
.„
Deputies, to the embassy to the Court of the Two
i equal at least to this latter amount, I do nut tier . '
~
cities. The Manikin-further contains four Royal
f &it necessary to make any alteration in the attic:wit .'
Ordinances of the 9th of January, appointing
the I have above submitted.
Duke of LAVAL Moreemoszo cs. the Doke of Doti- •
" It will not have escaped your oboervation, me
i
DRAUVILLR, the Duke of N•RBONNII-PELET, and
Lord, that I have only token the new tax at .it
the Viscount BONALD, Ministers of State and
millions, whilst the half of the former tax wooed
' Members of the Privy Council. The KING has also justify the amount of seven millions. Bat as 1 sin
• signed an Ordinance naming Dr. FRANCOIS anOffi- impressed with the necessity of proposing a hig:ter •
.'
' car of the L'gioo of Honour, in recompence of the
mirtiosem of income, to commence from 300/. j,.r ;11
• devotion,he has &hewn by his efforts for the relief of even from 4001. if practicable) instead of th
e persons labouring under the dreadful contagion at
adopted under the former tax from 2001. 1 hope •
Barcelona; and another, replacing General Don-
t I shall stand justified by your Lordship for my
'ADIEU on the list of effective General Officers. At
motive in calculating the new • taiß ist six mil et,,
e the suggestion of the present Keeper of the Seals. And besides this proposed benefit in favour of the
e H. Pevsonstre, the Kin° has remitted to M. La- smaller annuitaots, it must not be overlooked the
e currsum the elder, the remainder of the impel- they will also he materially assisted, together aro
✓ ommeot to which lie had been condemned, as the all classes of society, by the reinisaion of the various
i author- of a pamphlet entitled " The Clippings of taxes., as already enumerated, upon articles so ire.
i the Censorship." Among the motives which are cessary to general consumption."
I said tb have induced the Ktoo to accord
. this grace The writer prefaces his plan with assuring hi
e to M. L•carreLLE,are, his advanced rage, his in- readers, that economy can by possibility effect •
t firmities, and his rank in the Academies Fraiscaise,
not more than a reduction to the amount of that !„
e of which be is Ch aticelloi. millions in the public expenditure, and therefore !
6 The foleigu news in the Paris Papers is of a
cannot be attended with any essential dinsination `,
) pacific character. It is stated under the bead of
of our taxation ; consequently that all hope of ...'
I *moue, that the Ottoman Porte has accepted the amelioration of our condition from a dituioutisa 41 •
, Russia') ukimarum with certain modifications. The
tho expenditure of the country, held forth in 11/
f French fonds, notwithstanding, are on the decline. loot Session of parliament,
must
prove moron.
i ' It appears that the missionaries in Paris, of Here we have this pretended " Whig of the Oil
whom so much has been said lately, are increasing School," the avowed advocate and supporter of at.
a GA activity.'nritiztiie concourse of persons who flock
nisterial extravagance. If a diminution of this
II So - the cburelesof.Sll. Genevieve to assist in their millions in the public expenditure, and cone-
• exercised andettkelive their instructions, becomes queutly in the public . taxes. can be effected by
o every cliii-tiiititNeistaitlerable. In order that the economy, it surely is good to the extent of halfrf
e *Oiling cluellit Jar profit by them, they come tie millions, the amount of the Property Tee pro.
t YDRe gee at baltio4l",ll6,,itt the morning, and con- posed. According, therefore,' to his own ergs.
li have till
f'• ' ''' ''fit`'' • '..4.4lairsi.---
~ lions a year •by the way of a Property Tax. It
II --411114Fisssimebt %Weight Spanish Papers to the would seem, therefore, that the sole ()Nett of the
- reilinfilrit es ritoko 'l4l(Which are given in our writer is to extricate Ministers from the svotera of
ei pretediog coliseum.
-- ....
• economy to which they and the Porliameid Italia
tslishassio..
F ,• • , : • . , .0 . pledged to tile country : • system which they must
The '!}era, 26,
.Ceptmo -11110Miti Cos, sailed
feel every day more irksome, in -proisortiuu sii vt
*Om Portsmouth cm Sunday se'nuight for the
a ... comes home to themselves ; for it is slily retasek
knot• 1444- liking dispatches to the Cope of
economy that strikes at the small fry, leaving tie
i. Good. Hops. -ated atonal. She is to relieve the
great Leviathans of office untouched, •
Diainsig..--1144 two been no ship of war at Spit- ...„.„-_.-
. .. .... .
$ head .since. the flas soiled, nor outward-bound The Gazette of Saturday night cantaii,, 4 rers ..
e
merchantinen .dlarihg the week, the wind having batch of promotions in the Peerage. The e'eu.
....
Hon of the Marquis of Bucciociniu, who solidi
et continued fsie fee dm tpfle continuing their course
~. .
down Channel. . ••••• .1 . pt. the head of the list, to a Dukedow, lets here !
e ?so-a...Fess-- • - long expected. The advancement of the Earl of :
111 A rumour begins to .peessit.-that it is the istlen.: ..;
.
Tv aSTINEATH has been also mentioned. The oiler '
it lion of Ministers to propose a rsuewal of the ipso-
promotions in the lid
come
upon
the
town uy
140 party Tax in the ensuing Session. A left", te- , surprise..
7 commending this expedient. has been jest pub- ______
•
fr lished, addressed to the Earl of Lteserodt. the The DA e
ofYORE was in close sittetatile
11 writer of which has adopted the signature of " A
everyd ds.
ay ast hark at his Office in the HUM
guar`
" Whig of the Old School." He is more probably : in T
'f he Marquis of LONDONDERRY came to tom
to a disciple of the present Ministers. for • Property i4O Saturday morning, and transacted bushier. st
11 Tax is not much in unison with Whig principles 1 the Foreign and Home Offices.
is The following is an outline of his plan. It is very
tr Earl BATHURS. T and the ArrORNEY-GrEssEe.i,t.
ansacted business at the Secretary o ta,
•simple,
,it quality that all plans of • confiscating
Office fort , Home Department ,on SORDIsY
ebiracter may boast. "It will of course," gays morning. • •
r, the writer, "be in general recollection that the The CHANCELLOR of the Escort:weft come to
f- late 101. per cent. Property Tax was averaged to town on Saturday morning, std,ali artteretcrraentwcyti.
produce fourteen millions, and that by various ju- businessState'sOaffit the Office
for Treasurytieomueid i
tDeportment, pis
. dicions arrangements its collection was considerably
seeded at two o'clock to the British Museum 1°
e, less explosive than the other taxes; thereby retain- Mend a meeting of the Governors. Alter te
is ing to the service of the state the fullest possible breaking up of the meeting the Right Ilroiourah.,
of extent of the impost. Upon this palpable and un- Gentleman proceeded to Blackheath.
st erring basis then, I have to propose the adoption of The Right Hon. RoUERT _PEEL arrived in Los
a conditional Property, or Income Tax; and Iso doni onTbursday, from Lulworth Cr astle. Dorset:
n- receive the appointment ofSecretary r
denominate
that be suinti-
o-sStateire to
for the Home Department, upon the rt.....
i toted in the amount at whicht may be estimatedr-nation of Lord Viscount Stomourn. On Flotor
lie —say six millions—fur an equal amount of those and Saturday the Right Huma . Gentleman triol.,i•
.:
„ mainly taxes which mainly press upon the ;labile at late,
oese
Sec etary
at,
_hctiero viscount SlDNoUTß.tedl.l,,obmuse m i Depaatrttheent, where he was receisol I•Y
„ but more especially upon the middle and lower
',
c., ranks of our country.
Slims in Portsmouth harbour—
id " I beg here to enumerate the various taxes, with
lie their respective products, to winch I have just al- Queen Charlotte, Rannlira, A ibion, Sali.burvi,
.Neser(7;:. •
Voffey.r.Asdarrnae.meher ,siE,uarntiolus,, Azimilleo, Fati;vsi
itlur;irue
..,
laded, and which I state, under the authority of „Me., Crand Cornelius tender.
• the laborious and minute Finance Report, which The Diana, 46, was launched at Chathaut 0
was ordered by the House of Commons to be Tuesday lase.
Detachments of' the 4iii, oth, 9th, 210, sitt.
landed in March and April, tow, viz.—
lei -. 0.
asth regiments, sailed from Cowes on Mum ay
Malt £1,204,549 Consolidated Duty f
ii- the Highland Lad transport. for the West lade',
967 Temporary Duty .... 2,682,145
t- 1,456,629 arousal Duty to join their respective corps.
Candles 350,179
paiifedhe
oßnus,sn frigate
riauesdayaitAs
erpileollo u, Capt.
fr.mpToo i
rtusinudtohrvr;
Beer... ..... "11,4'262. • a three years' voyage of discorrties in the 144111
•
.
it- Hops • "‘9,"'' Pacific Ocean.
in Salt 1,450,144
The Ontario and Came/ion lave been paid cif Itt
Soap B9l'bBe Captains JODRELL Lugo and Allsoaor, and tlx
11- Tobacco 870,510 Consolidated Duty) latter re-cominissioned by Lieutenant tilernait. l'
o
-
ly and 1911,679 Temporary Tan tr 1,653,116
a tender to hie hlnjeety's personal yacht Apollo.
Snuff 478,929 Mount Duty 3
Lieutenant DAVID OGILVIE, Comma ider 0
* Hides and Skim 639,208 the Jadinita East Indiums), who was dreweed ou
-- th Total £ 10,919,688 Christmas-day, was the sou.in-how of Witi.iss
! '
he "In order then to reduce this total to the corn- LLOYD, Evq. R.N. of Torpoint, and hAs el
widow and three chilrtren to lament his tois.-:
cal pass of my proposed tax, which I have taken
ie Lieutenant
a t
drownedE u
the sante duties .o,
ri- at six milli ,i I have to submit that the fol. wasl
lowing, as part of the above-named taxes, should event. va
duOuoughtLwis. R.N. his broth.r. :
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