The National Register.
London, England, 1823-02-03 00:00:00

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' LONDON, MONDAY., FEBRUARY 3.
Three o'clock, p. ,n.
The Paris Papers received la:t night arc barren
of intelligence. The Ultra (hairnets, us usual, re-
. resent the ati::irs of the Spanish Constitutionalists
•in a deranged and deplorable condition, and the
. Liberal Journals expose their misrepresentations. It
Hs nu%v adinnted by the French Government and its
411oly Confederates, that the Sanutory Cordon, as it
%IS originally dent minuted, was established on the
Spanish frontier to watch the movements of the Pa-
4riuts, though the mean deception was practised by
. the French Ministers asserting that it was for no
-other purpose than to prevent u pestilential disease
from being introduced into France. It has, never-
ftheless, tended to introduce a politicul pestilence into
the kingdom, by suflia-ing rebels against the legiti-
mate Government of Spain to-enter France, and to
raise money to support an insurrection against all
the constituted authorities. The French Ministers
in their arguments are most absurd and inconsistent.
They are fearful of suffering the Constitutional Go-
vernmcnt to axis., as a dangerous example to France,
and yet encouragement is afforded to those who are
-in an absolute state of. rebellion 1 We arc anxious
.fur mere-adid• reasons for the Duke of Angouleme
buckling on his sword, and the Chief of the Maur-
• hots exhibiting suck hostile demonstrations against
Spanish independence. This we consider to be most
dangerous and revolting policy—it is considered
so throughout France and civilized Europe, and as
%veil might the Holy Alliance attempt ,to • stop the
ebbing and .11 saving of the tide, as endeavour to
trammel public opinion, to fetter the, human mind,
•or to stop the rapid spread of popular principles
So repugnant is at war with Spain in. France, that the
chief command under the Duke of Angouleme, who
has no military Went whatever, has been oiVered in
succession to Marshals M...cdonald and Victor, who
bad both declined, nor was it iikely audit would be
accepted by any (Alice's of their rank or experience.
•Iu the nameof Ideaven, let the Duke of Angouleme
have solely the planning and whole management of
the war, if the Boorbons are determined on having
one, and let the whole of the Ultras, with their
illustrious Generalissimo, take upon themselves the
invasion of Spain, fur nothing else than human in-
..genuity could devise would render the war popular.
Papers had been received. in Paris from Madrid to the
20th tilt., but nothing of .interest bud occurred. The
people in the Spanish capital anticipat: d, without
fear, the result of a war,iu which they have on their
aide justice and enthusiasm, and their opponents on
theirs, the reprobation of the Universe.

The situation of Resident Contmissioner of the
Navy at DeptlOrd is to he abolish( d, and Commis-
sinner Cunningham, who has held that' situation
some years, is removed to the superintendence of
the dock yard ut Chatham, in the room of Sir JI.
:Barlow, who retires from that past with the rank of
Rear-Admirul.
Adviees from Rio de Janeiro of the 12th of No-
Nember state, that on the 12th the Secretary of State
sent to the Consuls and Diplomatic agents of the
European PowerS, copies of the decree relative to
the newilag of Brazil, which being communicated
.to the commanders of the Zogfish and French fri-
gates in the harbour, they on the fiAlowing day paid
due honour to the new colours of the Brazilian Em-
Tire, by hoisting the Imperial flig, and subunit, it.
• A letter li. a ISayonne of the 25th ult. states, that
an attempt lied been made on Vittoria by some
bands of the Army of the Faith, but which was ren-
dered ineffective by the approach of Torrijos, who
put them to flight, and took SS prisoners, without
losing a single soldier. Another party, under Bes-
aaeres, ate said to have taken possession of Siguenza,
fureed•the gartison to reheat to Guadalaxara, and li
proclaimed the absolute King. Large sums of mo-
ney hem Paris had arrived at Ifun, St. Jean-Pied.
de-Port, and Bayonne, for the use of the factious
Spaniards.—We cannot repeat too often that the ac-
counts by way of' Bayonne must be received with
peculiar caution.
The appointment of the Rev. Reginald Heber, to
the Bisimprie of Calcutta, causes a vacancy in that
of preachership of Lincoln's-inn. Two gentlemen
are already named as candidates to succeed him
They are the Rev. Dr. Maltby uud the Rev. J. W.
Couniugham. The appointment is by vote, and
and there are but YI gentlemen who have the
pti-
vile of vo:ing