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Herald's-Office, February 12, 1820.

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TUESDAY, Vssaviiii 15, 1540.

At a late hour last night we received the Paris
Papers of the llth instant. They do not contain
any later intelligence of the state of affairs at Ca.
die and its vicinity than was communicated in the
preceding numbers. Of the attempt on that city,
in the night of the 24th, noticed in Tus BatTUY
Pans of Saturd,sy, they give the following further
details :

PARIS, FEBRUARY 11.
The Cadiz Journal of the 25th January contains
two Proclamations. The first expresses to the
troops and the city the gratitude of the King for
their good conduct ; the second is addressed by
General Freyre to his rimy. The letters from Co-
ils' of the 25th give the following details of the
movement noticed in our last article, on the autho-
rity of a letter from Madrid of the 29th :
Last night (the 24th), at eight o'clock, at the
moment of the retreat, a certain number of the in-
liabitinits, armed, and some soldiers of the regi-
ment of Soria, assembled on the Place of Saint An-
toine, and accompanied the drains with cries of
" 'Plea Ia Constitution P'—The soldiers carried
two small dismounted field-pieces. They ad-
vanced towards the barrack .1 Saint Helena, but
the latter were already under arms. The rebels
were receive there by a very lively fire. They
answered it fora moment, but were speedily dis-
•persed after, leaving fourteen killed, and a great
number of wonuded upon the wet. We are as-
sured that the chief of this conspiracy was the Co-
lonel Nicolas de Santiago y Rotaldo. The con-
spiracy baring been defeated, this officer made
his escape by sea. Tranquillity was perfectly re-
stored before midnight.

The revolted trimpalled instituted at Xeres some
soi disant constitutional authorities. These autho-
rities have been deposed by the King's troops. Two
thousand of the rebels, who set out from Saint Fer-
dinand, attempted on the 23d to re-establish the
authorities at Xeres, but having met there superior
forces, they returned into the Isle of Leon, after
having distroyed the bridge constructed of boats.
In the night between the 23,l and 24th, some
mortars were discharged from Torre Gorda upon
Le Corta-Dura, but they did no damage.

M. De Ville Vicencio, Captain General of
Maumee. has given notice to the English:Csnsul
that the mouth of the river of Semi Petri (Isle of
Leon), was in • state of blockade, and that the
entrance of all foreign vessels was prohibited.
A like notice has been probably given to the Go.
veruor of Gibraltar, to prevent the insurgents from
receiving supplies. The letters from Madrid of the
Slat January contain the same details. It is further
presumed that General F►eyre did not put himself
in motion until the ittlithr arid that ha will first tly
every means of clemency, to prevent the come-
queeces of employing force against the insurgents.
--(Nonfteur.)
The correspondence from Spain, received yester-
day (the f011i) at Paris, by the regular courier,
contnins little not already known respecting the
troubles • in Andalusia. The Government has
broken silence, and published, on the 31st, every
thing that happened up to the 40th. It is there
stated, that the insurgents, afte► having failed
iu their attempt upon Cadiz, had fortified them-
@elicit in the Isle of Leon, and that the rebels, to
the number of two thousand men, maintained
themselves at Ceram.. General Freyre, it was
added, was to set out immediately from Seville to
reduce the malcontent' to order. The only result
of this business will be to make the King sensible
of the great affection his people bear to him. .
Letters front Madrid of the Slat Jeouisry
that the affairs of A urfaluata still bare a. very serious
character. They confirm our account of Ow move.
Ping at C■diz iir the night between the efieth sod
suis, with.this d.ffersurce, however, that the Chiefs
of the malconterits had made their escape by sea.
Noilie',lf new of,the Isle of Lean was mated at

Madrid eri th-e 3 Ist. We-nse
verntnent had not ytit received intelligence of Ge-
neral Freyre having done any thing. ♦t that date
they might have received intelligence from the
vicinity of Cadiz of at least the 28th January.
A Counsellor of Finance, named Loretta, bro-
ther-in-law of Ramirez, the favourite of the King,
has

been arrested at Madrid. It is said that he is
implicated in the forged orders for the arming of
the militia. This would be a very important cir-
cutuyteuce if proved.
General Veers, Minister from Spain to the
United States, has set out from Madrid. He pro-
ceeds through Paris for England, where he will
embark for his destination.—(Gozette de France.)
The Madrid Gazette of the Ist of February, which
we have received. contains no news; but the same
courier has brought us an authentic letter from
Cadiz, of the 27th January, from which the follow-
ing is so extract :--

Io the night of the 44th the malcontents assembled
•in small number made an attempt upon Cadiz.
Their seditious cries at first had no other effect
than exciting alarm. They proceeded to the city
theatre, where they disarmed the few soldiers placed
there as guards. Encouraged by this success, they
poured upon the land guard, expecting to carry
that post, but were repulsed. This attack cost many
of them their lives, several of them were taken, and
the rest dispersed. Their Chief, General Santiago,
mated by sea. The general tranquillity of the city
has not been disturbed. The insurgents find them-
selves every day in a more perilous situation,
and want supplies of every kind. The troops of
General Freyre extend themselves, and occupy
Sinai-Marie, Xeres, Chiclana, and Medina Sidonia.
This brave General has taken such steps as leave
the rebels no other alternative than submission or
extermination.--" Journal des Debate.)

M. James Rothschild, the principal in the first
banking house in Europe, has met with a very se-
rious accident. He was going in his cabriolet to take
the air in the Champs Elystes. His horse plunged.
and the carriage striking against a post, was broken.
M. Rothschild received several dangerous wounds
in his head and face. Yesterday he spit blood ;
however, hi► physician hopes he will recover.
The 3 per Cent. Consols were on the 10th,
74 1-10th f.; Bank Actions, 1,440,

We have received German Papers to the Bth
instant. extracts; from which will be found in an-
other part of our Paper. A n anxious desire evident!,
pervades the public mind of Germany, that the se-
veral Governments of the respective States into
which Germany is dit ided, should remove as much
as possible thane political distinctiontwhich mark •
diversity of interests among the Members of the
Confederation, and it is no less apparent that the Go-
vernments have within a few years contributed not
a little to the attainment of this great object. The
frequent meetings of Minister, from the various in-
dependent States, to discuss obj-cte affecting the
'general good, the establishment of a Diet in Frank-
fort with enlarged powers; the organisation of a com-
mon army, and the strict intercourse between the
Courts—if-they do not evince a desire to merge in-
dividual distinctions sad interests in the common
name and collective prosperity of Germany, tend at
least to give that enlargement to the mind of the
people in each State, us must eventually teach them to
appreciate and pursue the general good of the whole
body. Germany has for centuries been the ready
field on which the ambitious men of Europe have
met to determine quarrel•, in which Germany was
too often no farther interested than as she was made
to suffer the immediate evils that must light upon
the theatre of war. The divisions and jalousies of
her various Governments facilitated and encouraged
this work of destruction ; but if from centuries of
experience they at length begin to perceive the
mischiefs arising from their weakness, and have dis-
covered the cause of it in their own follies, they
will not only save their people from the encroach-
ments of strangers, bat will contribute essentially
to maintain and preserve the general peace of Eu-
rope. if all Germany be united in• interest, no
foreign power will venture to attack or injure any
member of the Confederation, and the opinions of
the majority will prevent any member from embark.
ng in a war of ambition. It is in-some measure
°attain this purpose, by giving stability and con-
sistency to Hie Confederation, that the present con-
ferences of the Miaistery are held in Vienna.

An article from Munich notices the evils which
are felt throughoutall Germany. in consequence
of the impediments interposed in the way of a free
commercial intercourse by the lawi of customs in
the several States. We shall Hot pretend to say
how far the removal of the law:. of cum ttttt a by
the respective 'Governments would he c ' tent
with their interests, but the desire-of their removal
is very gentle!, and illustrates the remark we have
made respecting the willingness• of the people
o merge particular in general advantage; and tot
consider all Germany as one great and undiVided
empire. .
An. article from Stockholm' notices that Lord
STRANGIPORD was making his final arrangements
for,his diperture from that capital, to enter upon
his embassy to Constantinople.
We have received a series of Madras Ca:efte: to
the gth of October last, from which we have made
extracts of the most important articles of
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