The National Register.
London, England, 1822-12-02 00:00:00

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LOND3N, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2.
Three o'clock, p m.
The Paris PapersofThursliy and Friday arrived
List night. It is evident, even from the contents

• of the Alinisterial Journals, that the affairs of the

Spanish insurgents ere hopeless, and it is admitted
that Mina has made himself master of Urgel, the
chief seat of the rebels, but they add that the insur-
gents, 1,000 strong, had made themselves masters of
the &add. It is, however, perfectly well known
that the Bsrott d'.Erol:es bad not even half that
number with him, but even these, the Comfits/Um-
ad affirms, were abandoned by their leader; and the
Regency is placed in u still more desperate situation.
The commercial letters assert, that M;na had gained
a con.plete victory over the Art.•y of the Faith, and
that he was joined by more than half the -troops of
the Baron. The army commanded by Menus, hi
Catalonia, is stated at 30,000 men, and General-
O'Donnel, who, next to D'Erolles, is the chief hopes
. of the insurgents, was as Irati, and up its the 18th
ult. had made no hostile movement. An express
arrived in town yesterday from Paris, stating that
the heavy raatorial of the Army of Observation was
actually retuoving from the Spanish frontier to the
arsenals from which it was brought. If this had&
pence is correct, the. Ultras who were so anxious for
war have been disappointed in their hopes. M.
Montmorency was expected in a few••days from Ve-
, roar in Paris, when Ministers will receive such
infingtat ion as will probably render their politics loss
equivocal than they are ut present. •I'he
ligence received 'fromXerona is of the 20th ultimo.
The rising of Congress, it. is said, is definitively fixed-
for the Bth inst. According to private letters, it is
resolved, that there shall be no general Declaration
with respect to Spain issued by that .Assetubly—.
.even. tie expedient of addressing separate notes to
• t hat Power. has. been .abandoned.—There is no mem-
ber of the mercantile community, however attached
to Monarchy in the abstract principle and the ba-
lance of power, who does not sincerely and heartily
wish that the Diplomatists of Verona should neves.
re-assemble. It is probable that the Government of
•France, not having interfered with Austria taking
military possession of Naples, expected that the Em-
peror Francis would not opi.ose the views of the
French Government with r;:spect to Spain. In this
they have been disappointed, as it is said that the
Austrian Minister at Congress, and the Duke of
Wellington, were decidedly against the invasion of
that country by the army of France.—The French
Funds on Thursday had fallen to 881.180 c. The
depression, it is said, was occasioned by unfttour-
able rumurs transmitted in exprcs:ies front London
to Paris.

A letter from La Guayra, d Act' the 4th October,
states, that the Columbian squadron, arrived there
from Nlaracaiba, hat captured a vessel from Porto
Rico to Portir.cabello, with a cargo valued at 65,000
dollars, and ofkr taking out part u her emit°, de-
stroyed her.
The following is an extract of a letter from Capt.
F. Church, of the Salecia, dated Dardanelles, Oct
3, 18.2:—" I am at this moment waiting my
clearance from this castle. I was informed that the
Turkish fleet is cruising off Hydra and Spessiti; so
I suppose I shall deliver my cargo at Napoli di Ito-
mania..—P.S. I am this moment inthrined an officer
/sus just arrived here from the fleet, with despatches
for Constantinople, in 15 days from Nit.poli di Ito-
mania, where the fleet then was; and it appears
their next destination will be Nlytilene; but us the
wind is now favourable, I am in hopes of joining the
jicet at the /iPrnier place in the course of three days.
The Sicily, Capt. Copper, in company."
The question of Parliamentary Reform will L.
brought bctirre Parliament, at the ensuing Session,
with an acquisition of strength never before acquired.
Yorkshire and other counties are already making
some movements. The City of London will nut be
bvhind hand. There is a sanding Reform Com-
mitke of the Corporation, and it is intended to pre-
pare petitions early in the next session. la several
of the larger wurds it is intended to move instruc-
tiLir, to the Cenirucu Coe :nil at the eivtling elections
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