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London, England, 1830-08-25 00:00:00

there, in which be was described as a Prussian Sub»
jest residing at Neufchatel.
A priest, who was the bearer of incendiary pro-
clamations, was arrested on the 28th inst. at Nantes.
The munic'pal Counsel of La Rochelle have
unanimously agreed that a sword of honour shall be
►►tiered by the town to Vice-Admiral Du Terre, who
was born at Ln Rochelle in February, 1775, and as
soon as his Majesty has signified his approval of
their resolution, the inhabitants may offer this
solemn homage of their regard to their brave coun-
tryman, who may be ranked with Duguay Trouin
and. Duquesne.

AtADRID, AUG. 14.

" I have no doubt that Spain has been repre-
,.
sented to you as in an incendiary state; but most of
the falsehoods which are circulated under the head
of Madrid have their origin in intrigue or private in-
terest. The fact is, that 01 events in France have
caused less sensation than was expeeted. The pub.
lie tranquillity has not been interrupted, no disorders
have taken place, and no change has hitherto been
effected in any part of Spain. All that the Go-
vernment bus done has of,
to adopt the measures
of prudence which appeared to be necessary. These
measures are liMited to the prohibition of the vio-
lent French papers; the augmentation of the rep.
guardas (custom-hou.e searchers), as well on the
frontiers as in the porta ; the arming of the militia,
and the nomination by the King of four councillors of
state to sit in the council of Ministers. These are
General Castanos,the Archbishop of Toledo, Count
de Venadito, and the fourth is not yet positively
known. All these individuals are highly respectable
on account of their opinions. The superintendent
of the police has been dismissed; he was one of the
heads of the apostolical faction. He has been re-
placed by M. Marceline de ix. Torre, who is like-
wise much esteemed on aceount of his political
principles.
" The friends of order and of national prosperity

hope that the King will take example from the
events of Paris. The Apostolicul party already
dare no longer to allow themselves, their principal
support, which was at Paris, being destroyed. It
is, therefore, more than probable that it will not
hereafter attempt to thwart the measures of Govern•
went, us it hue been hi.herto accustomed to do.
"Do not believe in the absolutism which is
ascribed to the Government of Spain. With you,
as well as in the rest Of
,Europe, the real position
of this country is but little known. The ignorance
which prevails there respectiog its laws and customs,
is the source of the erroneous inference drawn there-
from.

" Lot us get rid of the apostolical party, and of
its intrigues, and we shall be happy. Part of its
immense property is necessary' to the wants of the
State—in the first place, for the consolidation of its
finances; secondly, to destroy the baneful influence
which it now exerci,es.

" The civilization of this country does not cor-
respond with yours. At present, the establishment
of a representative Government in Spain, would
throat us back half a century; the education of a
whale people, cannot he effected instantaneously, in
a single day—it must be gradual; if iris precipitate,
its duration will be short, and its retrograde move-
ment would be certain. What has happened in
1820 and 1823 furnishes an instance of

NAPLES, AUG. 5.

The celebrated trial of the intendant, Matteis, has

just been brought to a disgraceful conclusion, This
man, stained by all sorts of crimes, convicted by a
thousand witnesses, and already condemned by pub-
lic opinion as a monster of cruelty and perfidy, has
only been sentenced to ten years' banishment, and
hi accomplices have been acquitted. It is hoped
that the King, in the exercise of his power, will
dismiss the corrupt Magistrates by whom he was
tried, and his Majesty is very likely to do so. Just
before his departure for Madrid he dismissed all the
Members of the Council of War whom be had
appointed to judgi? of the conduct of M. Sosio
Carafe, relative to the extraordinary expedition of
the Neapolitan fleet to Tripoli, which took place at
the begitining_of the year.