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London, England, 1837-09-28 00:00:00

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are sure will be placed beyond a doubt, if it only be
persevered in with spit it, The Prospectus—which,
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and pdinted stylesitysi " holisehold stiffidge;.
iii i hirlisfrithis i vole tik !Allot ;; ociptioft of
Church-rates, and of every politicSi 61ti
account of religious differences of opinion ; the right
dl Pailiakiebt fH apptioptiate the surplus of the Church
revenues to purposes of the. State, and the rieeasity of
immediately acting upon this principle ; a large and
efficient systetri of national eflueation; a thorough re-
form of the law, by which its severities inaV be nkritd,
its imperfections abolished, and its expenses
dimi-
nished ; perfect equality of municipal and all other
tights in every division of the empire ; the restriction
of the Bishops to their religious duties ; and a Reform
of the House of Lords, enabling it td hartttonite with
the Constitution, instead of endangering its existence—
these are the great principles upon which the Gateshead
Observer will be conducted." Thus recommended, we will
not permit ourselves to doubt for an instant of the final
success of this speculation. The Reforms which it
proposes to support are precisely those. of which we
stand most in need, and which are consequently fast
growing in favour with the community. Would that
such a journal could be established in every county,
city, and town in the empire ; for it is by means of a
free Press—and that only—that the march of Reform
can be accelerated, intelligence disseminated, and that
sworn foe to all national improvement, the Tory
faction, be trampled under foot. We are glad to see
from the closing paragraphs of its prospectus, that
the Gateshead Observer will bind itself to no party.
Ministers it will support, so long as they deserve con-
fidence, and identify themselves with the people ; but
no longer. It will denounce the slightest appearance
of vacillation, or of compromise with the enemy,
and urge the " pressure from without," not less
as the best bulwark of a Reform Government,
than as the dearest privilege of a free people. As
these are the principles on which we ourselves have
always acted, abjuring all ideas of party, and making
common cause with the community at large, for whose
benefit alone—and not for the furtherance of their
own personal interests—Ministers are called to the
helm of State, we hail with delight the establishment
of such a journal as the Gateshead Observer, whose
success or failure will be a test or otherwise, of the
sincerity and earnestness of the Reformers in its neigh-
bourhood.

The only intelligence from Spain since yesterday is
contained in the subjoined telegraphic despatches,
which appear in the French papers of Tuesday. These
despatches add little or nothing to our previous informa-
tion as to Spanish affairs. The high road from Madrid
to the northern frontier is in possession of the Carlists,
and we must wait until the ordinary communication is
restored before we receive accounts from the seat of
war, on which we can safely rely. The effects
of ESPARTERO'S dilatory operations are now' felt,
and to the unpardonable blunder he committed
in not hurrying directly to Segovia when he learned

that ZARATIEIGUI had surprised that place, may be
attributed the embarrassment and disgrace under which
the cause of the QUERN is now labouring. The Car-
lists have now possession of nearly all Arragon, the
capital and almost the whole province of Old Castile,
and a considerable part likewise of New Castile.
These successes are the immediate result of the timi-
dity, the sluggishness, or the treachery—perhaps
of all these united—which have marked the operations
of the Commander-in-Chief. Matters have now come
to that pass that the whole of the disposable troops must
be withdrawn from the northwestern parts of the kingdom
in order to reinforce the army that now covers the
capital, for which service it is by no means adequate.
St. Sebastian, Fuentarabia, Bilboa, and other towns,
in defence of which so much blood, native and foreign,
has been shed, and so much treasure expended, are
thus to be left to the fate which the tender mercies of
the Carlists may have in store for them.

" BAYONNE, SEPT. 24, Half-past Five, p.m.
" On the 6th, General Carondclet had established his
head-quarters near Haro, awaiting General Ulibarri to march
to Burgos. Pamplona and the Ribera would thus be re-
duced to themselves.

" The Madrid couriers to the 19th are again missing,
and the Saragossa journals to the 21st, say nothing new :
yet it is believed that the junction of Zaratieiguy with
Don Carlos, towards Alcala and Guadalaxara is certain."
" BAYONNE, SEPT. 24, Half-past Eight, p.m.
" MADRID, SEPT. 20.—Espartero has had a partial en-
gagement with the Carlists, who have retired upon Renera
and Tendilla, on the right bank of the Hcnares, at twelve
leagues from Madrid.

" Oraa was, the day before yesterday, at Huete, moving
upon Guadalaxara, to effect his junction with the General-
in-Chief. Zaratieiguy occupied Valladolid on the 18th.
A motion, the object of which was to have it declared
by the Cortes that the present Ministry did not enjoy their
confidence, his been rejected by a majority of three votes
in this day's sitting."

" BAYONNE, SEPT. 25, Eight a.m.
" The Madrid courier is still due, but an English diplo-
matic courier, who has arrived by the cross road, left Madrid
on the 20th. He announces that the Carlists occupy Gua-
dalaxara, and that Espartero is at Alcala and Madrid, with
the divisions of Lorenzo and Oraa. Madrid was tranquil."
" BonnEaux, SEPT. 25, Half-past Two a.m.
" The Madrid couriers of the 16th, 17th, and 18th, have
not arrived ; nevertheless, advices from that capital of the
16th announce nothing of importance, unless it be that in
the sitting of the Cortes on that day Espartero made oath
to the Constitution."

There are no new arrivals from Portugal. The fol-
lowing arc extracts from the French Papers :-
PAras, SEPT. 25.-The expedition against Constantine
is perhaps already terminated. There is no reason to doubt
of the success of the enterprise. Provisions, means of con-
veyance, every thing, in short, has been prepared in the
greatest abundance. All that was refused to Marshal
Clausel has now been given to General Damremont.-
Gazette de France, Sept. 26.
Our accounts from Bona are still no later than the 15th
September. Information of some importance had been re-
ceived from Constantine. The bastion on the east has been
cut through. This bastion formed a bridge from the city
to the ravine. Thus the city has become impregnable on
that side ; there would be a dreadful butchery of a column
that should enter that defile. All the houses joining the
ramparts arc abandoned, and those that look towards the
gate are loopholed and fortified. Ditches have been dug
in the gateway itself, and we shall be obliged to construct
a bridge to get at the city. The works which have been
executed, and those now in progress, show that Europeans
direct the defence of the place. The Bey endeavours,
nevertheless, to gain time till the rainy season, and in this
respect lie is favoured by the number of our sick, and the
delay of the arrival of the expected reinforcements. The
Turks seem to have tripled .their numbers in the troops of
the Bey. There must have been a landing somewhere, for
there is regular infantry in considerable numbers, as we could
observe in our last sallies.-Le Commerce, Sept. 26.
FRENCH Ft/ NDS.-Ps SEPT. 26.
Five per Centi, 108 E 40e. 35c. 23c. 30c.
Four per Cents., lOU.
Three per Ccots. 79f 70c. 65c. 55c.
Hank Actions, 2,435 f.
Bente ce Naples, 1181. 3^c. 40c. 30c. •
Roman Five per Cents., 101 100 h 101.
Spanish Actives, 20 204 4.
Spanish Passives, 4%.
Belgian Loan. Five per Cents., 1044.
Brussels Society, 1,665 E
Belgian Bank, 1,46uf.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 25%%%.
Dutch Two and a half per Cents.. 53.
Hanna' Loan, 370 f.
EXCHANUE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 474 c.; money, 25f. 45c.
'three months, paper, 25f. 30e. ; money. 25f. 311 c.
-Corrs Aullien!i2ue.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., 10Sf. 35c.
Three per Cents. 791. 55c.
Bank Actions, 2,435 f.
Roman Five per cents., 101.
Belgian Loan, 1044.
Brussels Society, 1,b65f:
Belgian Bank, 1,460 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 25%.
Spanish Actives, 204.
Spanish Passives 4%.
Haytlan Loan, 374.

The purveyorship of turtle to her Majesty has been
graciously conferred upon Mr. Waud, of New Bond-street,
who has, in conformity with established usage, taken the
customary oaths of allegiance, and been duly sworn it) to
fulfil the duties of the appointment.