The National Register.
London, England, 1823-03-17 00:00:00

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MONDAY', itIARCH VT, 1823.

find booksellers have been apprised by the police,
that if any copy of it appears in their shops, they
tvill be deprived of their licenses (or brevets), and
have their shops shut up. , Mercier, the serjeant of
the National Guard who refused to arrest Manuel,
is to be tried, by a Council of Discipline. The ut-
most tonialtmout that it can junta is dismissal and
a montleitivapassiorint. Even thib moderate Int-
mailman the authorities may he afraid to inflict,
from a sense of aflame, and a fear of irritating the
National Guard,.whose services will be now more
hecessary than ever, when a great part of the troops
is sent to the frontier.
" There are variou3 rumours in town to-day, res-
pecting the relations between France anti Spain, but
none of them can be traced to any authentic source.
It was stated on 'Change, that Mina had entered
France, but Mina by the last accounts, was at Bar-
celona. Another rumour was, that the King had
consented to leave Madrid, and that the English
Ambassador had offcTed to go along with the Court.
We have no accounts later than the 311.
" MARCU 12, FOUR O'CLOCK P.N.
" The French Ministry, who founded their hopes
of finding a pretext for avoiding the war, or of ren-
dering it unnecessary by the intrigues carried on at
Madrid, have, since the last arrival from Spain, sur-
rendered all such expectations, and have resolved to
commence hostilities as speedily and as vigorously as
pssible. Orders have accordingly been transmitted
to General Guilleminot, chief of the Etat-Major, to
place every thing iu readiness for active operations.
The attack will be made on the side of Biscay, and
the Spanish territory will be entered between
the Ist anti the sth of April last. The Duke of
Angouleme certainly sets out on Saturday fur the
army, and his arrival on the frontier will be the
signal litr invasion. The French expect an easy
victory, from the divisions of the kingdom and the
distractions of the capital. The Cabinet is likewise,
of opinion, that the late events at Madrid will alter
considerably the opinion of the English Ministry
with respect to the policy of supporting the people
and the constitution of. Spain against the reforming
bayonets of the Bourbons.
MARCH 13, TWO O.IPLOCK
" The accounts contained in the journals of this
morning of transactions which are said to have taken
place at Madrid subsequently to the 31 instant, are
finnided on 'no authority. No courier has arrived
from the Spanish capital since the 3d; we could
not, therefOre, have intelligence of what took place
on the 4th and sth."

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PRICE 9is

about him ; yet he has not ventured to pass the
!Valencia with twenty of his fbllowers, though there
Was only a weak post of the Constitutionalists oh'
the other side. Neither has he succeeded, as be
boasted, in allaying the tempest to facilitate the de.
patina di` the *owls; aid lastly, though he pre.
tends to be invulnerable by powder end cannon, he
has declined acceding to the proposal of a serffeent
of the 29d, to stand (with the cross in his hand) •
tlm fire of his musket at the distance of 50 pates.
these people (the Defenders of the Faith) cannot
inspire our soldiers with Much. Confidence, for We
all despise them." •
The valet de chambre of Lord Somerset, whont
his master had sent before, has been at Bayonne fl*
these six days, waiting for him, which makes it
imagined that some new incident had detained bit
lordship at Madrid. Mr. Harvey, the English con-
sul at Bayonne, has just sent an express to Madrid
with despatches, which he received front the English
consul at Bordeaux.
The regular mail front Madrid of the 291 has not
yet arrived at Bayonne. We do not know whether
it has been stopped by the band of Merino at So-
mosierra: however, we have news from Old Castile
by way of Valladolid, the mail from Vittoria, and
the three Biscayun provinces. The news spread by
the Committee of the Faith, that Bessietes Was
marching to the Ebro with 10,000 or 12,000 men,
is Use.
We have received accounts from Madrid by a pri-
vate •conveyence, from which we extract the follow-
ing passages : •••
MADRID, FEs. 23.—We enjoy perfect tranquil-
lity here, though still a prey to the division of par-
ties. A change in the ministry is still spoken of;
11111Dtleris fur choosing a new ministry ftere the party
of Cethdlos,.Castanos, Muftis; and others from that
of Osage, SalYst, and Romero A Ipuente. ilowever
it be, under the circumstances in which the nation is
now 'Arced, it will be difficult to find a ministry able
to conciliate all parties, and to take the measures
that are requisite to save the country from the dis.
solution with which it is threatened, fir various very
alarming reports are in circulation. It is said that
there will immediately be formed in Andalusia, Va-
lencia, Catalonia, and Galicia, separate governments,
which shall provide fin. the defence of their respec.
live territories, detaching thearselYes from the capi-
tal, which is at preetent only a Mcus of intrigue anti
discord. Such at least is the real plan of the Com.
munerous, and the execution of it is more than pros
bable, especially in ease of foreign invasion.
There never was such a 'nabs of inflantntatory
publications us now inundate the capital. Each
party labours at its own ends, bat none attend to the
principal object."

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Extract of a Letter from Perpignan, datedXloll4-
I.—Every thing announces the approach of intl.,
sion ; the arrival of troops, caissons, and Amman'.
Lion; the labours of the Itegency to arm and Clothe
the soldiers of .the Fuith.,,sthe arrival of the Baron
d'Eroles. It has been settled that the soldiers of
the Faith who arc in this department shall be hr.
genised into five battalions, under the tiame of
The Division of Spain." On the 2tth ultb a
company of horse artillery and of the train departed
from this town; the one to Thuir, the second to
Terra& On the some day arrived from the inte-
rior, 21 caissons, 5 eight.puundcrs, 4 sitaach
witzers, 182 horses, and ,JO soldiers of the train,
and une company of artillery, of the regiment of
Narbonne, who escorted the convoy. General Gri.
marest has departed for Toulouse —Yesterday two
millions cf francs in gold arrived for the chest of
the receiver general, :m4 a considerable sum in re.
serve is to be supplied by the departments. Several ••• •
hundred thousand francs are already provided.
•
The King is again under the painful influence of • • c,
the gout, though the attack is much less severe than 1' ?. ,
on the late occasion. The unwelcome return of the:4
malady is attributed to the sudden change iu the . •
weather.
His Majesty is expected to return to town from,
Brighton after the Easter Holidays, when he will
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hold u Lzvee.

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