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MADRID, J/40. 77-
Om Chwienment hos preeented a Note to the EngliskehargE
iff'aree, in which it proteins against the steps which Great Hrs.
mill has taken, or may take, and whieb might teal to monguite,
ail* we indirectly, to our American pmeeysions, any atothority
that of the legitimate King, Ferdinand VII. The L'harge
who keeps away when the Diplomatic Body pay their
to the King. and that for this last fortnight. has despatched
• to Landon to transmit this protest to his Government.
tges.
M. Dermudea, on his part, has likewise sent one to Paris,
allltdedines
the bearer of this determination of his Catholic
ai
z. All eyes will now be turned on what will result as well
atersaken by England as from that taken by our Cabinet.
PARIS, FRB. &
- We have net had long to wait for the confirmation of ail that we
tote said on the annrunrement made by the King of England of an
RIM 1106 to conclude treaties with the Spanish Colonies. The
Ws Speech, et the opening of the Parliament. ruts an end to all
chotii, and terminatee all our tiisemerions with the Journals of the
two eppo.itions. Our words are reedited, and the political views
andthe declamations of the opponent pabliciats,may now be appre-
ciated.
We have maintained that theme was nothing unforeseen in the
step taken by England, and we new rend in the Speech from the
Throne. that it is conformably " to the declarations which have
&eh repeatedly mode in his Majesty's name that this step has been
talon.''
We had aid that the treaties announced were not concluded, and
that they did not PlipeiaTe under any advantage fur the English
eo to the prepulice of other nations, and the King of Lou-
isa/ dtdarrs. that those treaties " are to confirm the commertial
relations already eubsisting between England and the Spanish
Colsciiels."
It is rear *hat the word " confirm" indicates here nothing new ;
it is the actual situation which it is io-ended to establish. %V here
then, are those ditties, which, according to two Journals which
aesased us of weakness and ignorant'', were to be stipulated as I or
' 20 kis favour of Raglisb goods, while, for ours, they were to be as
Streeii?
We have affireed that England had sought to alleviate as much
as panibla the qffeet of the step which it had just taken, and that
it would carefully avoid every thing that could Ore tbs. idea of a
tecogsiticcoof independence; and we had shown Med rimed with
cerement capitals poured into these countries during these seven:"
toes wears, in consequence of the mad expedition of Buonsparte
ea Spain, which separated the Spanish Colonies from the Mother
Country, England had been induced to take measures which seem-
ed to veto be a r.tal political fault, because they were a violation
of theorinetple of legitinanew ; and we see in the Royal Speech
/ids what care every thing that could meal the idea of indepen-
dence is kept away, since it speaks only of the confirmation of an.
grim Illations, and the word Republic, and even that of New
Ikaes, is not prononneed. The King, speaking of the Spanish
Catgut's, says—" Those countries or Anienca which appear to
haft completed their separation from Amin."
Ite had said that peace would not be interrupted, and the: the
Ulcer England woe:1 give the same assurances on this head as
the Kin ot..ffrance, and the Speech from the English Throne
eardrum what we annourielid.
&From the Courtier Francais of Sunday.]
IVIA6IIIB. JAN. ?'.—A change of Ministers is much spoken of
here, with the exception of those of the Marine and Finances.
M. Ugarte is spoken of by some as the successor of M. Zea Ber-
trand, whilst others name ( par interim) the Duke de Flnfanuitto,
which appears to predict a new and complete reaction in the mode.
tart system, towards which M. Zea Win anxious to direct the
aorernment. In the midst of these intrigues our Stir isms do not
lot sight of their private in! mots; and as elle), are always 03 the
brink of losing their portibtrifirs, they make the best use they can of
the time they remain in office. Titus, having lost all hope of deriving
any further advantage from the Mines of Slexico. they have
(there'd their salaries on lean uncertain means; on the revenues.
for imitate., of a particular braoch of the administration ; cacti
MiGIIIRI etas chosen his own department, and they hove commenc-
ed by paying themselves their arrears. The Tresaurer.General
Das declared that if they persisted in this scandalous course of pro.
seeding, he would tender his resignation, as he found it impossible
to convey an Address to the King on the subject, all means of ac-
ross to his Majesty being closed against him.
Commoniestions with Lisbon continue to be very frequent ; the
r)..ange of Ministry, brought shout by the influence of Sir W.
ATotirt. has produced a great sensation in that city. The nomi.
native of M. Pinheiro.Ferreira, who was Minister under the Cortes,
is Partimaarly objectionable to our Cabinet.
[From the Constititionnel of Sunday.l
The Speech from the Throne, which 'hr Lord Chancellor spoke
atothe opening of the English Parliament, has been expected with
impatience • curiosity was anxinus to know what language the
Banish 414ernnient would hold in the new situation it had chosen.
ft was -what ought to have been expected from Mr. (lanning's
ahilities ; it is simple and moderate ; hut this moderation shows
the strength and fixedness of the resolutions ; it at the same time
proem that the English Ministry are well aware of the prontion of
the Continental Powers, who, in separating their interest from that
of the people, have, so to speak. nvorally disarmed themselves,
rand could not undertakes hostile movement spinet England with.
out hastening their ruin, and siert compromising their own
ex.i‘teace.
The English Minister. however, announce an aug-nentstion io
thiiir military establidnuent i this augmentation is founded on the
coceseity of reinfiweing the Indian army, and probably that of
irek.nd ; this is the ostensible motive, but might not the true de-
ep
be to prove to the lady Alliance that England would be ready
if any ill will was shown her for her little veneration for the mo-
rnrchical principle as laid down by the Congresses, to bear the con •
sequences! English policy agrees very well with those underhand
proceedings.
tThe decisive measure is at last made. England takes the proper
miewaures to conlinn by treatiea the commercial relations which exist
between her and th:.• Sta: es of South America, which have seceded
from Spain. Now ea treaties can only he concluded with Intlepen-
dero Stores, it is evident that the words of the King of England
sire • formai acknowledgment of the independence of the Chl Spa.
;.,•h Colonies. This is without doubt the most important event
4,1 the present period. That parasite in his lititannic )lajesty's
Speech which relates to Ireland, will afflict the friends of toleration,
who earramt:y desire the emaecipotion of the Catholic population of
thst country. Unfortunately men led away by an occult irilllCool4
if which it' might not be difficult to point nut the origin, have an.
detrained to estate the fanaticism of the Irish Catholics. and orbs
will, no doubt, retard the hopes of the partisans of religiose
lawny. We know that the Jesults are st work actively in Ireland.
ne] on this subject we possess some important information, oil
wtoth we intend to make use. • i
• It must be considered a matter of surprise that Greece was not
mentioned In the King of England's Speech. It wan a delicate
mvastion, and before speaking upon it. Mr. Canning probably
IVA', for the dentetchea from Mr. Stratford Canting.

FPO* THE FRoSTIket 0? ITALY, Jag. IR.
The most recent letters from Corfu briog us the important ii.fon..
mallOTI that Prirce 31;turocorrlato has, since the close of the Um-
liip no the fron•iers of Epirus, entered into negociatiors with
Omer Vrfrine. which. It is ranevaliv reported, promise a favourable
tomtit. The two partite hid opened upon an armistice, which is se
timbale till one of them declares his intention of re.comitiencing
hostilities. It is affirmed on this occasion, that O.ncr Vrione made
the first overtures fie an arra..gentent to the Greek Commander,
and that he was indeeed to take this s'ep by a notice which he had
r-tiissed Prim Constantinople, that the Porte was revAreti to re.
move bins from Albania, and, ender the pretvit eV promoting him,
had eppoinhid hint Governor of a considerable part of Macedonia.
he is said to have been warned at the semi time to take great care
h:w be proceeded, as the ob,,,ect of the Porte, in thi'; apparent pro-
tootion, was merely to get him into its hands. However this
may be, it is ctrtain that 111.ner Vrione had sent one of his
most ennevienr;al agents to Missolonghi, and that since that time
the correspondence between him and Mauroccticiate has bean very
attire. The Prince ha.: likewise commenced negotiations rith
sese_.lB other Albanian Coiers, bet nothing certain was known re-
rg the malt of thee%
The chief obsess of the Giteetor of the affaim of Western
Greece was to obtain the neotrality rf the Albanians, in the
neatest between the Turks aid the Gineks. The Albanian Chefs
rum the more disnescl to this, es the Porte is not able to pay
Cwatt sp well as it formerly did. If the Greeks meld give then:
ger tstd.dies. they might gain them over entirely to thrit side.
Nothing remarkable has happened in Thema:v. The report
was for some time in circulation. that Dervisch ruche
Lad Leen taken prisoner, is r.nt vollirrotd. lifts best troops are still
cademied on the bank of the eiiierchicea, tut :h 7 at present rernain
pt the defensive. I: is effinned, however. that Gervisch Paella hart
orstne, as soon as he should receive new. or a landing of Ibrahim
?eche in the Allorea,to march thectigh ',wadi' to the Palopontraus,
and undertake a warecreampaign, (Cr which, however, lie is utterly
d"5 dote of means.
accouria of disorders in the Mores have bean greatly rx.
aggerated. It Is affirmed that the Central Government has sue.
crested in restoring trentp:9fity is almost every part, and has re-
ceived the eahrttiatiAn of moat of the Chiefs. Notting certain
transpires respecting Colaonroni : but if it is true, as asserted, ilia.
•Pw.ras is again blockaded by. land, this may be considered as a
woof that there is an end of the civil wet in the Morel.
SEuntn, JAN. 19.
The Turks seem moil": to carry on the Peat esmpaign with
more vigour than they have hitherto shown. Our neighbours, the
rschas of Belgrade sad Wadden, base been tallied on by the Porte
to take a pail, which they never weer before. The first. it is maid.
i• not much inclined to des ao ; the letter left Wel/41ro en the Ist
et January. Both roceivad hatts-shersiffs in the Sultin's ours hand-
ess.:ting. It is said that whole villages in Macedonia have beet,
d-c,,rted by the inhati:tristri, because the Turks who dist .esed last
autumn w the neighbourhood of Larissa bare laid waste entry
:ideate letters from Bitoglis say, that the Der of Carta had
Liosaelf declared to his Greek aubjec:a that W to Pm-
tett them, arid lie Nitrogen left them et fie their
place. _
say, that
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FINTRY WAIW.
Thonurfilnlgefcoirbef:oro,esmtetoLCyomunocri,T,lcen
aonfdtchle abanvate
ownseree.wheans
the numbers were announced mere as follows:
Mr. Whitby - - . 86 Mr. Marsden - - - 82
Conway . • -II Marshall • - -II
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Inge!' - - - 54) Garrett - •
leinies - - - 513 Rickets - - - 48
Combs - - - 17 Crook - - - 44
Upon the numbers being announced, Mr. Crook immediately
demanded a scrutiny, and handed in the name of Ids scrutineer.
The other caedidates having done the same, Alderman Magnay
ordered a scrutiny to take place.
Mr. Deputy Whitby, Mr. Conway, Mr. Garrett. Mr. Combs.
Mr. Ingall, Mr. Mareltall. Mr. Limes, and Mr. Slatstien, severally
returned thanks for the honour conferred r n them.
A gentleman on behalf of Mr. Dickins did the same.
?dr. CROOL then role to return thanks for the supnort he hail
met with. He reprobsted, In severe terms, the conduct of emite of
his opponents, six of whom had, at the very moment the poll was
tensing, stepped (mimed and voted for each other, for tee express
Purports of ousting him, and but for which circumstance he meet
ave been returned. He (Mr. C.) looked forward, however, with
confidence to the scrutiny, and still felt that the result of it would
again place hith in the Common Council, where he had repreeented
them for thirteen successive years. The speaker then proceeded to
relate sundry services which he had rendered the ward, and con-
sideted it rather hard, that after being resident amongst them for ,I
fifty years, ard represented them in Common Council thirteen,
he should now be ejected to make room for a man who had
been a few months amongst them. lie complained bitterly of the
coalition that had been formed against him, but assured them that
he had no •ineictive feeling. Conduct had been imputed to him,
which those who knew hint must be well aware he was incapable I
of, but it had been done to serve party purposes. The ward had 1
done its dray by hint, and he would nut desert the ward ; on the
contrary, if foiled on the present occasion, he would on the next
opportunity renew his exertions, and continue to do so time after
time, until he effected his object:
DESTRUCTION OF It'UItLAND HOUSE.
—....
Yesterday mnreing, one of the most alarrnieg, and suddenly-
destructive conflagrations that perhaps for a number of years has
alarmed that pert of the country, broke out at the splendid man.
*ion of Henry Drutemon.l. Due the banker, at Notting-hill, about
foir miles from town, on the Uxbridge road. The mansion has for
a short time past been the residence of a gentleman nair.ed Hynd-
man, and family.. latel- returned from India. The whole of the
family had, it appeared, on Monday visited Drury-lane l'heatre,
and returned home about one o'clnek. and shortly after retired to
rest. Abort two o'clock, one of the servants was )(woke by a
strong and suffocating smell, and on opening his eyes felt the
painful sensation of a powerful current of smoke rushing lit his
lice. Ile instantly jumped up, and on opening the door to give
the alarm of fire, a column of smoke and flame rushed upon him,
, from which he retreated back into the room. The came cause had
1, roused others of the servants and family, and the dreadful nature
' of the danger being epparent to all, a scene of indescribable confu-
' sion prevailed. However, fortunately Mr. Ilyndman. trith great
presence of mind, succeeded in cherking the alarm of his servants,
most of whom are Indians, and collected his family on the lawn.
just before the stealing flame burst into a universal blaze. zed one '
side of the noble mansion appeared entirely nn fire, which, with
incredible rapidity, communicated to the adjoining wirg of the
building, and in a short time it rrmented one grand and awful
body of fire, illuminating the bonzon for a very considerable
extent. Horsemen had been despatched to London for the fire-
engiaee, but the grand illumination caused by the conflagration
in the heavens had. it seemed, anticipated their errand, and operated
I as a guide to the firemen, who were met on the road, hastening to
I the scene of devastation. The County. tinder the direction ee
Smart, the engineer. was the first on the lawn ; and a plentiful
supply of water being obtained from the extensive fish-pond in the
garden. the powers of the engine were soon in full requisition. and
the elements were opposed to each other, but with no evident effect,
until about four o'clock in the morning, when the left wing flailing
in with a tremendous crash, the dreadful element sttetained a check,
and a great body of water being thrown in from enteral engines
stationed at every corner of the burning pile, the flames became
subdued, and about six o'clock nothing was visible but a heap of
smoking mine. Fortunately, the mansion being in the midst of
an extensive garden and greunde, no other dwelling wax included
in the dreadful ruin, but the loss and damage done is very great.
'F he furniture, stock. he. were insured fortereral thousand pounds;
but elr. ilyndnian, not having effected any policy of insurance on
his property and valuables, hat susteined a very con‘iderithle loss.
The alarm among his Indian servants was at first very great, but
they afterwards rendered very important services to the firemen.
The family a Mr. Ilyedman have returned to London. Such
was the alarm ceased by the tremendous and extensive appearance
of she flames, that for many miles round the alarm-bells were
rang, and ergines front eietent stations, by five &deck, were on
the grounds before the rraneion. The ruins were smokine at tour
o'clock yesterday evening. The fire was caused, it is believed, by
a flue becoming overheated.