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London, England, 1821-10-22 00:00:00

SPANISH PAPERS.

MADRID, OCTOBER 6.

It having been observed that the inventors of
akehoolls endeavour to agitate the minds of the
public by the must ridiculous news and the most
absurd reports, we hasten to declare, that an extra-
ordinary courier which arrived this night from Ma-
laga, was dispatched by the Political Chief of that
province, fur the sole purpose of bringing informa-
tion that the whole of the province enjoyed the
moat complete health, and that the precautions of
establishing a cordon, and cutting off the commu-
nication *lnch had been ordered by the Comman-
dant Gene►ul, and by the Supreme Board of
Health at Grenada, were considered as premature.

A communication from Vslluseea of the 26111 ult.
contradicts a statement that had been made in tome
journals. that the yellow fever had appeared in that
town and its port of Salon.

OCTOBER 7!

The Cortes are constantly engaged in discwolitig
the important plan for the new division of the Spa-
nish territory.

CADIZ, SEPTgMBVR 22.

The Supreme Board of Health has just published
another notice, of which this* is the substance : The
Board having been informed by a communication
from the Constitntional Alcalde of Port St. Msry,
that there were some people ill, whose symptoms
were analogous to the yellow fever, sent commission-
ers to inquire into the fact, accompanied by two
physicians, who after inspecting those patients,
unanimously declvred that there were yesterday above
twenty persons ill of a disorder with the character-
istics of the yellow fever in the town, dispersed in
various quarters, and six in the Hospital of Obser-
vation.

The Board has in consequence, in an extraordi-
nary sitting held this day, most strictly enjoined
the Municipality of Port St. Mary to carry into
effect the measures prescribed fur such cases, in
the instances of 16th Auguot, 1816, and 26th July,
1818, end to follow the other regulations for pre-
venting the spreading of the contagion. The Board,
liiithful to its principles of publishing the state of
the health of the province, whether it be favourable
or otherwise, resolved that the above should be com-
municated to all the other Supreme Boards, and to
all whom it may .conrern, that they may take all
necessary precautions fcr the preservation of the
public health, which, the Boaid adds, has not yet
suffered any diminution in the city of Cadiz, or
the other towns within its jurisdiction.

MURCIA, 11EPTRMRER 30.

Some fears have been excited here by the death
of a person of a disorder which seemed doubtful,
but, on inspecting the body, the faculty discovered
the real nature of the disease. The Board of Health
takes this opportunity of declaring that this city

• LONDON,
MONDAY, OCTOBER 92, 1821.

On Thursday arrived at the Motherbank the
American brig Diyude, GEORGE Wt [Atm, Master.
from Peteriburgh, in Virginia (United States). It
appearing on examination by the Superintendent
of Quarantine, that one man had died during the
voyage, and that two others of the crew were then
ill on board with fever, the medical gentleman who
is always called on in cases of this kind, visited
alongside, and, ass precaution for the safety of the
public health, the vessel was placed under quaran-
tine. One of the sick men died on Friday, the
other is fast recovering. The French brig le Nep-
tune, Captain BLONDIER, from Malaga, is 1111,0
arrived at Portsmouth in distress.

We have received Paris Papers of Thursday last.
The ■ccouuts contained in them front Spain are
painfully interesting, from the statements they give
respecting the continued progress of the yellow fe-
ver in Barcelona and Tomos*. It is said that dur-
ing the course of three days not less than 1,000
deaths had occurred in Barcelona and its neigh-
bourhood only, and this calculation of the mortality
of the place is taken solely from the public esta-
blishments. The private houses are said to be al-
most deserted, and that so dreadful have been the
nines of the fever, men cannot be found to per-
form for the deceased the rites of sepulture,
but that the wives or daughters of the deceased •re
compelled to convey their deceased husbands and
fathers to the grave. It is observed in these ac-
counts, as a very singular circumstance—well de-
serving, indeed, the most serious attention of the
naturalist, the physician, and the philosopher—that
the tnslady has been most destructive to males,
and that with few exceptions the females have
escaped its virulence. Can it be that the utter
devotedness of the females to the cares of the
sick has absorbed *very feeling of terror, and
that the system not being relaxed by fear, is on
that account less susceptible of the contagion that
surrounds ►t ? We should be glad to learn from
some of our medical friends a more scientific ex-
planation of this circumstance.
The Paris Papers announce the departure of
the Emperor ALEXANDER from Peteraburgh, and
his arrival at Witepsk, on his way to visit the
various corps of his army. Dispatches were
expedited to the Courts of Constantinople, Vi-
enna, Berlin, and Paris, a short tune pre-
vious to the Essmoe's departure from Pe.
tersborgh, and a superior Officer of the Staff
was, at the same time, sent with dispatches to
the Count de WITTGENSTEIN, who commands the
army that is stationed on the Turkish fron-
tiers. Baton STROGONOFF has left Odessa for
Witepsk, fur the purpose of there meeting the Est-
' PEROR. These movements, some time since, would
' have been considered very important, as the imme-
diate precursors of war; but there seems now to be
but little chance of a war between Russia and
Turkey, and the EMPEROR'. journeys have there-
fore become less interesting to the public.

Our national vanity cannot fail of be;ng gratified
by the very flattering manner in. which our KING
has been received by the inhabitants of the several
countries through which he has had occasion to pass
on his route to Hanover. It would seem as if pre-
judices—the growth of centuries—had beeu suddenly
dispelled by his presence, and as if a more kindly
feeling towards Englund and Englishmen were be-
ginning to influence those whom politico! dissen-
tious have long taught us to regard as our heredi-
tary enemies. The flattering cheers of Frenchmen
must have conveyed a strange sensation to the heart
of a King whose Government has been chiefly dis-
tinguished in the annals of our country by his
triumphs over their dearest prejudices, and whose
armies had shaken to its centre the throne of their
fondest affections. Such expressions of esteem
and respect must have appeared the more singular
when they were contrasted with the manner io
which his MAJESTY had been received during his
recent journey from Ireland in some towns of the
principality► the title of which he had so long borne.
Thine who accompanied his MAJESTY from Ireland,

aid also to the Continent, say, that he landed with
more confidence at Calaii than he did at Milford,
and was received with more marks of respect; to
which the good people of the piiiicipality jealously
add, that he seemed anxious to hide himself ■t
Milford from the sight of the people who had
assembled to see him, while he !hewed himself
ostentatiously to the good people of Calais and its
vicinity ; and that his MAIMITY COW. find time in
Calais and other parts of France for meeting the
military and civil authorities of the place, and fir
receiving the appleuses of the mob in ►he theatres,
idthough he hastened to his carriage at Milford
through lines of troops, as if he thought
himself in danger, and hurried out of the
town in such extraordinary haste that it wag
with difficulty horses could be provided to
drag him to llaverfordwest, and no other postil-
lion could he procured than a Methodist Preacher,
who, however, mounted for the important occasion
his best suit of official black ! The effect of his
appearance, aided by that of his miserable horses,
was irresistibly ludicrous, and some unlucky wights,
more awake to the absurdity of the scene than to
the greatness of the occasion, are said to have ac-
tually burst into an irreverent laugh as the royal
carriage was put into motion. This was highly
improper ; but thi►, and the still less respectful
manner in which the royal procession was greeted
as it pissed through Cactinerilien, Abergsverniy,
iind some other tOWIIS in South %Vales, must have
tacit quite forgotten iu the joyful acclemations
the good people of the several parts of France ■nd
Germany through which his MAZIISTY has passed.

It has indeed been asserted, with little reverence
for our national pride, that no inconsiderable portion
of this popular exultation was excited on the Con-
tinent rather by the operation of certain showers of
tilrer and gold, profusely scattered among the
populace, than by the gracious presence of our
Sovi reign himself. Whateter inay be the truth
of this statement, it must be confessed that, as old
Sir Betert Bramble would 8.,y, " There's no
flattery in it." Possibly popularity might
have been acquired in Wales by the same means,
if they had beets adopted. Silver and gold
might even among the Cambrian, have super-
seded the notion which at the time of the
KING'S journey through their country very ge-
nerally prevailed among them, that the QURILII
had fallen a victim to the severity of the prosecu-
tion which had been directed against her; but upon
shouts and greetings so acquired, no man of gene-
rous or delicate feelings could, rre think, place any
considerable value.

In the expenditure of the money which may be
necessaiy for the enjoyment of this Species of
luxury, we know what may' be our concern. Are
we to support this extravagance ? Are the showers
of gold sud silver scattered among the populace of
or of Lisle, or of any other town on the
Contineut, to form at item in the supply which is
to be proposed to Parliament in the next Session ?
and with this we may in a general way ask whether
this country is to defray the expenses of his MA..
Jertirs visit to his German dominions ? Are his
English or his Hanoverian subjects to defray the
charges of their I{ !tic's excursion ? The benefit of
his MAJESTY'S visit, whatever it may be, will belong
exclusively to the people of Hanover; upon them,.
therefore, alone ought the charge of the excursion to
foll. The people of this kingdom ought no more
to be required to defray the expenses of the
K itta's visit to [hoover than the people of Hanover
to defray the expenses of the KING'S visit to Ireland.
His MAJESTY, in his capacity of King of Hanover,
is as distinct from the King of Great Britain and
Ireland, as the Kings of the two countries respec-
tively would be, each from the other, if the
two crowns chanced not to be united upon
the same head. From the moment, therefore, that
the King of ENGLAND left the shores of England
for the purpose merely of visiting his kingdom of
Hanover, his MAJESTY ought to be considered as
resting exclusively upon his Hanoverian dominions,
and from them alone ought lie to draw the fonds
necessary for supporting his expenses during the
time of his absence front Great Britain. We
should be as unwilling as any persona to abridge
in the slightest degree his MAJESTY'S mesas,
either of personal enjoyment or of benevolence,
and Vale matter rested solely between his MAJESTY
and the purse of this nation, we should have no
hesitation in giving our vote for the liberal disburse-
ment of ■ll his MAJIsTY'S expenses; but where
the question lies between Great Britain and Hano-
ver. the 'into's interests or convenience need not
to be involved in the consideration-of it, and io this
view of the matter we can see no reason why the
Exchequer of Hanover should be relieved from a
burden solely for the purpose of imposing it upon
the supposed superior wealth of this kingdom.

General the Earl of CHATHAM, K.G. with his
Staff; Major-General CANEY, Colonel Wltiott,
Major FAUI.DA, and Capt. flatFoen, have arrived
at Portsmouth to take their passage in the Attire
frigate, Sir J. A. GORDON, for Gibraltar, of which
ga►rison the Noble Earl has been some time ap-
pointed Governor. The Active will sail the first
favourable wind. Captain Sasso, Aide-de-Camp
to General DON, will also go passenger.

There is a paragraph in the Jaunts/ de Lyons,
which states that the yellow fever has appeared at
Leghorn, but the statement seems to rest upon no
sufficient authority.

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