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7th November, with his brother and five companions. The
chief had the privilege of dying on a crass; the others were
impaled. . .
The extracts we subjoin from the Madrid correspondence
' of the l'aris Papers will be found to possess some interest.
The affair of Madame Misr.° is strange enough certainly,
but by no means surprising in such a country as Spain now
is. Alit the news which is really of importance is that
relative to the prompt and decisive measures adopted by
Mr. C/o:xi am; to compel the fulfilment of the Treaty with
• the Cortes for the indemnification of the English merchants
whose property was seized by the pirates of the Ifavannah.
We stated some months ago thet instructions had been
transmitted to Mr. LAME to insist upon the satisfaction of
these claims. It appears that the last extremity only in-
duced the Spanish Court to plcilge itself that justice should
be done.

(From the Stolle, dated Saturday. Jan. 213.)
Nepali), JAN.2O.
An event which 'coincides with sinister predictions, with which
enemies of the Government have long endeavoured to excite terror.
gives rise at this moment to various conjectures, and is the general
subject of conversation.'
On the night of the 13th of this month, one of the screams of
the Infant Don Carlos found a woman. elegantly dressed, concealed
behind a curtain in the Prince's bedchamber. On being questioned,
she replied that her name was 31i.10 ; that she Tres of Portuguese
origin ; that Queen Isabella of Braganza had brought her to
Spain, and that she had sir.ce been banished to Seville. The sud-
den appearance of this lady, who was believed to be in exile, and
her introduction into the apartments of Don Carlos. naturally ex-
cited the most serious suspicions. Madame 3lislo accordingly
had a guard set over Amend in the marMng she was taken to prison.
There was found upon her a passport of the police of Seville. deli-
vered also in the name of her husband, whose place of abode she has
obstinately refused to r:vesl.
The Royal Almanack for 11121'i mentions the Infant Don Carlos
by the title of Generalissimo of the Forces by sea and land, and
the Infant Don Francisco de Paula by that of Captain• General
Of the Artistes, which answers to the rank of Marshal in France.

(From the P;:ote of Friday.]
PARIS, JAN. 2f..
We have this moment received a letter from Madrid of the 16th,
in which we find some explanations of the reports which had been
spread of a tupture between Spain and England. It seems that
this report was not wholly destitute of foundation. The latter Ca-
binet had in fact clpimed the execution of the decree of the Cortes of
11123, relative to the indemnity due from Spain to the English
merchants, whose property had been seized by pirates front the
Ilavannah. The Spanish o.ivernment persisting in not giving
any answer, end the opening of the Parliament being attend, Mr.
Canning sent instructions to Mr. Limb to require a decision in 24
hours; and in ease of a refusal, he ordered him to declare that
England would take possession of the Havanneh end in Porto
Rico. The Spanish Ministers at length %news*, gut every thing
should he settled to Mr. Canning's satisfaction.
Fite Fu NOS —PARI3, JAY. 27. Fire pet•Cente. 811 f. 83c.;
Three per Cents. 67t. ;sc. ; Remo de Noplrx. 77f. 60e. ; Royal
Spanish Loan, 1823, 411 f.; ilaytian Loan, 795 f. Exchange on
London—One month 2.5 f. 2th . ; three month.' 24f. 93e.—Coues
Authentique.

Last night the Timmla papers of Saturday reached our
office; we have given extracts from them in a preceding
column. An autograph letter from the Emperor Nicito-
LAS to General Mit ORADOWITSCH will be found to be
an interesting document.

The great fair of Leipsie is reported to suiFer severely
from the general stagnation which prevails every where
in commercial transactions.

The Hungarian Diet is still at variance with the Aus-
trian court. The Archduke PALATINE was again em-
ployed at Vienna in his mediatorial office. It was ex-
pected that all would be amicably arranged.
The Ottoman soldiery assembled in the plains of Adri-
anople in order to march to Western Greece in aid of the
army of the Seraskier RENSCIIID, have tumultuously re-
fused to enter upon a winter campaign. The conse-
quences of this disappointment to the Seraskier will be
to frustrate entirely his future plan of operations. 'The
Greek cause wears altogether the most favourable aspect
at this moment.

We have received the Arslrian Observer of the 18th
instant. The last accounts from St. Petersburgb stated
that the tranquillity of that capital continued unbroken,
and that the peace of the rest of the empire had not been
in the slightest degree disturbed. The oath of allegiance
to the new Sov ism N was taken everywhere readily, 'and
with evident tokens of satisfaction. The intelligence of the
Emperor ALEXANDER'S death was known to the Turkish
Government on the Gth or Bth ult., but not generally by the
public at Constantinople till the 15th. Though it had
excited great alarm among the Franks, the Turks appeared
quite indifferent with regard to the event. The pars fell
to '220.

The Greeks who had landed in Candia are stated to be
completely driven from that island. They had retired to
the Isle of Carabusa, of which they had obtained posses-
sion by stratagem. Carabusa is not above a mile in cir-
cumference, produces nothing, has but little water, and is
defended by a small fort, which lies on an eminence, and is
provided with a few cannon.

The last number of the Austrian Observer is occupied
with an attack on the French opposition papers, especially
the Journal des Debats, which it charges with endeavour-
ing to revive the revolutionary spirit by the circulation of
false alarms, and tissues of the most hateful calumny.
J.tx. 17.-31etalliques, 92 4-6ths ; Bank Sharer,
s11W 740 tb-

We proceed, according to our promise, to give a com-
pendious view of the causes which led to the war at present
carrying on against the Burmese,—a war which many in
this country, either from party feeling or from imperfect
information, represent as originating in the rashness of
LORD Am HERVT, and as risking in its result the safety
of our empire in India. Ilad the Governor-General
brought on this contest with the view of extending the
British dominion in this quarter of the globe, such a po-
licy would no doubt have been greatly open to accusa-
tion. We shall, however, have no difficulty in showing
that it was the menaced tranquillity of those dominions
which alone led to the rupture with the King.of Ara;
and that war. was.:nodered unavoidable by the hostile
indications, on his part, which had long preceded it.
In the year 1753, Alompra, who, from the humble con-
dition of a huntsman, took the then fallen fortunes of his
country under his command, led his Burmese countrymen
against their Peguyian conquerors, and not only defeated
the lit NG of l'ept, but obtained possession of Asa, the capi-
tal ; and, annexing the whole to his own empire, founded
the Burmese dynasty, and made himself one of the most
powerful sovereigns of the East. lie died in the year 1760,
while engaged in an• arduous contest with the Siamese,
whose territory he was desirous of annexing to his con-
quests. SU ESIDUA Pi, his-son, who succeeded to the sove-
reignty, manifested the same ambitious and warlike propen-
sities, and though he ultimately failed in securing his con-
quest of• Siam, by tl:e insurrection of its subjects in favour
of a relative of their dethroned sovereign, he afterwards suc-
ceeded in subduing the kingdom of Arracan ; and the race
of the Golden Emperors, inheriting, as by descent, the same
desire to aggrandise their dominion, continued successively
to make war upon the neighbouring states, till, at length,
their territorrextemled to Me British ft wilier. From the
time they thus reached the possessions of the Fart India
Company, they have lost no opportunity of attacking them.
Our Ambasaatlors at AV A have been uniformly treated in a
manner which sufficiently manifested the hostile feelir.gs of
the Birmans towards the authority they represented.
• It requires no pains to prove that the movements of a
great military power which had tbos•gmtusllyr usurped
its way into our neighbourhood, could nail* belieltt with'
indiffetence. The ambitious spirit of the present Kim. of
ATA, and his projects of encroachment and usurpation, be-
came every day more apparent. The following facts will
demonstrate this. In 1801, a Birmese force entered the
British territory, and stockadal themselves in considerable
strength. GEN IRA I. ERNIIINB was sent out against
but he succeeded in bringing.about an amicable arrange,
went, and the affair terminated. After the brilliant con-.
elusion of the ?Ashram wit in 1818, the Marquis of
II as mu s, while on Iris way back to Calcutta, teeeitnd a