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London, England, 1836-01-12 00:00:00

sc the disapprobat'on sof the'fiist has been attenuate
from t'le desire of making use ,of his language to the dcf-a-1-
sent of the 'second.
As for myself, notwithstand:Pg the great appreciation
Which I could not avoid of a circumstance so significant and
reprehensible, I spoke of it with the President of the Coun-
cil and Baron de Damns .in a calm and delibeote manner,
and exhorted them not to fall into the snare by,recrimina-
tions, the only means of avoiding an immediate rupture, at;
the point at which they had already arrived.
I must do these two ministers the justice of saying, that
they were of the same opinion, and that all that was requi-
site to arrange between us was how to put it in practice in
a manner consistent with the dignity. of the king and the
country, and capable of restraining those who by imprudence
or malignity would have wished to confound all and to com-
promise all.
We were upon these terms when Prince*Lieven, impressed
with the dangers of the situation, and of the necessity of
communicating without loss of time, sent to me the Asses-
seur de College. Labensky,' with his reports of the 13th,
14th, am! 15th December (N.S.), accompanied by a private
letter,
conta;,ning confidential information, which I might
find useful in giCing a proper direction to the French Cabi-
net, as the most certain means of holding that of London
in moderation, and thus prevent a war between the two

countries.
This packet readied me.on the night of the 6th (18th),
after the Ministry had just quittej the hotel of the embassy,
where the name-day of his majesty ,the Emperor had been
celebrated. I went immediately to AI. de Vinci° to con-
firm any preceding arguments by the information and rea-
sonings that I bad received from London. The President
of the Council was strengthened still more in the resolutions
he had already taken, and explained to me the,spe,ech which
Baron de Damas would pronounce the next day in the
Chamber of Peers, on the occasion of the address to the

King.
Everything being thus arranged, the speech was deliv.ered
the next day. Your Excellency will perceive its tenor from
the enclosed papers.
On examining the whole _of the facts and the position, it
appears to me to contain everything that might offer to Mr.
Canning motives for arresting his violence.
The question is now reduced to the conduct of Spain.
With the certainty that, notwithstanding the intrigues of the
Court of Madrid, it will never dare to pass a single armed
Spaniard into the Portuguese territory, the Cabinet of
London, if it desire to avoid a rupture with his Catholic
Majesty, as it to be hoped, tvill for stronger reasons avoid
it with France. _ _

Everything, then, leads me to believe that we shall avoid,
for the moment at least, the conflragation which menaces
the middle of Europe.
such,M. le Comte, is the perspective I am glad to be
6k to anticipate, although we must wait to learn the issue:
of some events which are probable ; namely, the preserva-
tion of Lisbon from the presence of the insurgents, and
from the arrival of ,the English troops ; the defeat of the
Portuguese refugees ent;,,ring from the side of Alentejo ;
the failure in the progress Pf those from the north, with
other circumstances wich must naturally accompany and
characterise these movements.
If the enemies of the Regency shoui,d be weakened, and
their ruin be sufficiently indicated, the commotion will be
appeased, the counsellors of the King of Spa:P will discern
their impotence, Mr. Canning will calm himsolf, and we
shall have yet time to breathe, and to see if it is poosible to
arrive at any accommodation which may render compatible
the existence of the two Governments 'Of the Peninsula.
This will be a difficult and laborious task, but another will
arise in no ways inferior to the first. 'I speak of the direct
struggle which will take place between France and Eng-
land upon the evacuation of the Peninsula by their troops.
Undoubtedly the English flag will not quit Portugal un-
less that of France abandon Spain. The reciprocity appears
of right, however there is no proposition in the state of the
question. In evacuating Lisbon, the English Government
is sure of returning there at will, because the country is in
her hands, and she holds it under the dominion of her
squadrons ; but, in quitting Cadiz, France delivers it to
the King of Spain, who is not sure of holdino. it. A local
revolt, easily provoked in a town impoverished, and inha-
bited principally by a population of foreign extraction, will
motive the presence of an English commercial agent—Men
he must be protected, and finally, occupation and conquest.
England has pecuniary claims on Spain. Mr. Canning
threatens at every moment to repay himself by force. The
day may come when be will sieze this bulwark as pledge
and value for the indemnity which he cannot obtain lyr ne-
gociation. An oration, flattering the passions of the public
=amplifications on, tbe,advantages that will accrue to com-
merce—on the evil's that 'Spain will suffer—on the humilia-
tion that Fraiice will undergo—on the dangers that will
result:to the family .of the Bourbons, will not-only justify
the violence, but will Carnish an occasion for triumph, and
the bowels of all England will leap for joyat. the sight of
ta-.) injustice—great, useful, ao—committed with impunity.
lii anticipating this question, i am far from admitting it
amongst those that we have now to debate. It will present
itself' but too seen, and if I have; takers the liberty of speak-
ing of it, it is to prerare the Imperial .Cti,Vmet for its ap-
pearance, and to point out all its importance.. •
This dispatch contains all that I have been Able to gather
relative to the affairs of the Peninsula; mid to the complica-
tions which have been brought about by the interference of
England and France. They are not yet of a nature to
make us despair of peace.
It is to this end, M. Le Comte, that I shall not cease to
use every effort, as that which is conformable to the listen
tions and the orders of our aiirust Master.
I have the honour to be, &c. &C.

• Among the institutions' of Vienna there are two
which are peculiar. One is a Matson d'Accouchentent,
into which any female can enter veiled, remain till after the
period of her labour, and depart unknown, leavinr, her
child in the care of the institution, which rears it as a found--
14v, 'lts object is a benevolent prevention of infanticide.
The other is a private Penitentiary, to which the fathers of
respectable families can send for reformation children'whom
they are ut:able to govern. The name is kept. a secret, and
the culprits are returned to their families after a proper
time, punished Izithout disgrace. i'ride of character is
thus preserved, while the delinquent is firmly corrected.
Maria Louisa confesed to the Emperor' that wben
her marriage with him 17.-as first proposed, she could not
help feeling a -kind of terror, owing to the accounts she had
heard of Napoleon from the individuals of her family.,
When she mentioned these reports to her uncles, the-Arch..
dukes, who were very urgent for the marriage,' they replied,
4"rhat: all was very true while he was our enemy, but the
case is altered now." qf' "To afford an idea. of the
sympathy and good-will with which the different members
of the Austrian family were taught to regard mc," said 'the
Emperor, " it is sufficient to mention, that one of the young
Archdukes frequently burned his dolls, which he called
roasting .Napoleon. Fin afterwards declared he would not
roast me any more, for lie loved me very much because I
had given his sister Louisa plenty of money to buy him play-
things."—Las Cam/ Memoirs of the Emperor Napoleon.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 7.—The following are sonic
'of the particulars of the melancholy shipwreck of the S
p
Francis Spaight, of Limerick, T. Gorman master, 3f3
tons measurement, from St. John's, New Brunswick, bound
to Limerick, with a cargo of timber left the former
port on the November, and on the_ night of the 3d
of December, whilst lying to 'in a heavy gale of wind from.
the westward, was hove on berbeam • caj.s, aril turned nearly
bottom up, all her masts and yards being undar water-; the
crew got upon her side, and suceeeded, .acme time, in
cutting away the weather lanyards of the fore and main rigg-
ing, when the masts happily broke; and the ship righted,
the mate and two seamen being washed away, together With
everything on deck, and not leavin;t the smallest particle 'Of
provisions or water (which were iunfortunately stowed in the
poop) for the survivors, pow 14 in number, to subsist on.
They continued in this dreadful -condition, without food and
scarcely any clothing; the sea making, - a -fair breach over
them, until the morning of the I Set (15 days),:v.then,finding
it impossible to exist any longer Without satisfying the crav-
ings of hunger, they were driven to the neaessity of drawing
lots who 'should die for the others, when it fell on a boy,
whose body they subsisted on until the 20th, when one of the
remaining crew became insane, having drunk of salt water too
freely ; and being near expiring, they put an end to his suffer-
ings, to save his blood to quench their increasing thirst. On
the morning of the 23d another grew insane, and his life was
also taken for the same encL The number Was now reduced
to eleven ; they became more reeeneiled to their hcpeless
state, and they continued drivina. about at the `nervy of the
wind and sea, until a sail providentially appeared 1 sght on
the 23d December, which proved to be the brig Arglwra.'
of and from St. John's, Newfoundland, then in latitude 47
north, and longitude 37, west, bound to
Teignmoutb
Jenard master, Who succeeded 'aften great risk in rescuing
,
them from the wreck-, and brought-them into this port last
his
who; not wsiptletsatkandiinn'gthief
evening. Captain Grornraa and
highest praise of Captain Miura,
was attended with great personal risk,' went himself in his
ey
boat to take them off, and afterl ttlother were
on,as of
tr boardt his
vessel, behaved with the greatest humanity and kindness:
thel\ nlirasr.vellorrli, tells herl°Pe'arrettie oil:gders that there are amusingnoold maids
in France,; for that ladies who find themselves unmarried at
thirty generally hang or dPoAcitEn.—The crime of poachino- seems to he
greatly on the increase in
no
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a
, lead as usual to- murder. In a s ilseivP'''
addition t well
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districts of Scotland .;
and will, if not checked,• doubtles.;
too
n many
y villaget other
some
bands, tins part of the country has been' visited`;
d; as last
s
season, by strangers from the west, icl'oininn• the English.
-border.
This gang is most daring,- entering into the
park and woods
of country seats early at night, and shoot-
ing game of alisorts, within a few hundred -yards of the
mansion-house and offices.--Kelso
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