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' to select ; the first, perhaps, is better adapted to
•the taste of general readers, and with that We
shall close the list of our selections.

" Tax not the Royal Saint with vain expence,
With ill-matched alms the Architect who planned,
, • Albeit -labouring for a scanty hand
Of-white robed scholars only, this immense
And glorious 'work of tine intelligence !
Give Ml thou canst, high Heaven rejects the lore,
• Of nicely-calculated less or more ;
So deemed the man who fashioned for the sense,.
These lofty pillars spread that branching roof,
Self-poised, and scooped into ten thousand cells
Where light and shade repose, where music dwells,
Lingeringz--end wandering on as loth to die,
Like thoughts whose very sweetness yiekleth proof
That they were horn for immortality."
To those who have read this work our selec-
tions from it may appear to be injudicious, and
indeed, where ail is beautiful it is no easy matter
to select what is marked with superior beauties.
-To those who have not read it -we-trust we have
held out sufficient inducemen.wto the perusal of,
it.-;.--to those at least (and to.iliose only have- we,
addressed ourselves,) :whose tastes do not recoil
from the very sight of a Religious subject. In
these awful days of ribaldry and rebuke against
our God, and--the ..Ecclesiatical establishment of
ur country, we are not ignorant, We are net uo-
aware that the very title of this'work may-have
been sufficient to deter many- from looking at it.
But it is'our duty, as it has been our endeavour,
to uphold as much as in us lies the goodly edifice
ofourChurch----and in the"-performance of this
duty; we have thought a-- notice of this- work,
though by no-means immediately connected with
it, least not totally irrevelant.
Mr. Wordsworth, no doubt, by prostituting
those talents, with which he is "so eminently
gifted, to the service of blasphemy and obscenity,
might have obtained celebrity with those who
now load him with obloquy and rebuke. But
we here have one who, scorning the aid of such
worthless'abettors;and -trusting to his own.merits
for poetical fame, thinks it no shame to oiler Ids
talents to the service of the God who gavethem.
Let, him, then, amidst -the fluctuations of all
worldly good, repose in the' certainty of the ap.
probation Of all good men, and of 'a better age
thou tire present ; and-let him: rejoice 'in the
blessed thought, that in-Att. his writings there is
not one line which even.the rigorous scrutiny of
a death-bed conscience- would wish to be re
called or blotted out-1

Tri g-WEAT ti Sk

Tuesday was the coldest duy we have had this
winter. About eleven at night some snow;which
for the last . two years had scarcely been seen
here, began to- fall irt town and country, and,
being. ot• first fine and • sharp, and driven by a
north-easterly wind, was extremely annoying to
the mail-coachmen corning from the south and
:west. The fall continued with little intermission
till yesterday afternoon, and is likely 14 lie deep
neon the ground. The following are the degrees
at which a Thermometer in the Strand has stood
on the several mornings 'of this week, at nine
o'clock:
Sunday ... - 23 1 Tuesday - . 21
Monday - - 27 1 Wedmsday - 22
The quantity of rain fallen in the Strand, in the last twelve
months, is as follow,
Inch. llund. I
Jan. -t) 60 Aug.
Feb. - 0 00 Sept.
March, - 1 50 Oct.
April - 2 37 Nov.
May - 1 40 Dec.
• Jane . 2 30 I
..---
July . 3 31
25 50
The qUantity which fell in the year preceding was 21) inches
32 hundredth parts.
Depth of rain fallen at Wigton, Cumberland, during the
last twelve months :
' 1822. Ineh. Hand. ►
Jan. - •1 49 A ug,
Feb. . ' 5 03 Sept.
March - 5 '2O Oct.
April • - 2 -, 26 Nov.
ay - 1 58 June - 1 12 Dec.
July - 4 91 41 52
The quantity of rain at York, in December, 1822, was ,
hundredth parts of an inch.. The Mal quantity in the year
1822, was 23 inches and 13 hundredth parts. The average
annual quantity for the last twelve years is 23 inches and a
quarter. —The annual average of rain at
Keswick - - -67 A inches
Kendal - - - 691
Liverpool - - - -
Thei3in"aomwubjrm' onfeathre4'ethdermometer-last summerller was—June
sth; 83 deg.- The minimum, Dec. 16th and Dec. 29th, 22 deg.

Inch. Hund
- 2 40

- I 1
- 4
- 3 Ld
- 1 73

Inch. Hund,
- 3 45
- 2 " 43
- 5 09
- 6 92
'2 09

The cold in the north of Italy, from Derem.
her 31 to January 3, exceeds what we have felt
in Paris. The thermometer at Milan ha►s fallen
every slay to 7 and 7.6 degrees hetow the zero of
Rent! m r.—Vourn al des I.Mbats.)

NtNV /CE. D I NGS,OF' BURNS' I/0 ETR V.—We were
lately favoured with the perusal of a Perth play-bill, in whicli
Tarn O'Shanter dramatised, is announced for performance after
the afterpiece. A ludicrous mistake bat occurred, however,
in the classification of the Drautati.v llcesuna. The sapient play.
weight, it would appear, in reading the lines
" Tam hadgot planted twist richt,
" Fact by an un,le ble•zin' finely,
at W retiof treats* that titarik'
eau
divin"
very naturally cOnceiving ream Ant swat" orn , tr the delectable
style of their cardusing, to be a brace of Tam's put companions,
actually introduced them as such, and We find in the bill that
the characters of " fleam" arid " Swale" are to be personated
by two of the pirfortnera rentinds us of an anecdote,
connected with the same subject, which hind its origin nearer
home. Some time ago we chanced to be in the shop of an
elderly bookseller, when the tonversation turned upon the
identity of the characters introductsi by Bums in his Tam
O'Sh,mter. The bibliopole, who had spent the early part of
his life in this neighbourhood, assured us that exceptml Kerr,
he' kora every lefty to ieuk at that was mentioned, free rosl
trimmer (lotto to his mare illaggie." This being the first time
we had ever heard Mr. Kerr 's cognomen alluded tu, in con-
nexion with Tont O'Shouter, we expressed considerable sur-
prise, anti stated, that lte undoubtedly most have made a 1441.
take in the name. "It may be sae, ;brat its a point easily
rattled," said be, raxin down a copy of Barns from the shelf.
'With " lrpecta des on nose" he soon turned up the poem in ques-
tion. Ay, ay," said he, in AAexulting ‘tone, thocat
a us na that far wrang--.
" Care toad to see a man sac happy,
" • E'en drowned }denser writing the nappy.'
Now, 1 item twa or three o'the Kerr's that Ices).* the town.
head but I pew!: could tin' out whilk o' them Burns had in hla
ee when hr wrote the paean."-I.4yr ier.

* Mantling -ale.

BIRMINGHAM COAOH,j4OI:HWAtY.

Ai t
PiSlON.fiGum-Ye,stertlay Sorge ant die
guard ef the llitrisinithern i.lkon Coeela,, which, wes„ relkle-st
of genii -notes to the amount of neatly 13`,000_f: 'on the 12th B.t.
'fieeernber, was brotight before, the Loarr,Mairtin, together
with two Mal, 1!),e one named Ciiprd, the ()Ater Olarfts,;9n
suspicion of having been concerned in the frolobgeys . ,
It, will be. recolletted that two parcels. Ontitaininglhoi n its
were stolen out el the coach in the yard of,theSwart-with,etee.
Necks, Inuit-lane, the guard having, . accordiag to ,ieets Own Ak.
m
count, incautiously laid die on the scald the eoaa• The
prisoner:, were apprehended 'rtirreiter'anii Fess
ter, two officers, who have been sctivelyi rooked under- the
direction of Mr. Brown, the Marshal,,in• the. inveletigatieo.
the case.
Afor evidence had been heard with rearrest to the- smiling is
the parcels, &c, which added little to the information
before the. public. Mr. IfastetEn, who attended for the i.;.. sorters, submittA that there was no: a scintilla of
against them, and wished to ktow upon what .droitnds
were to he detained.
The. Solicitor for the proaecution said, he was not at
to mentina the natsire of the evidence L intended to Tinsi.ree
this 'lingo of the examination. ile.Arnited, .howeva, tfat
rfftihnmense importance of the WOO& induce 1,041.
ship tic send back the priteeners until the evidenc- aheuid
brought forward.
Mr. HARKER said he, WAS aware that, in a case of great
magnitude, it might
,bei vsecetiitity, to kc.ep .Rack material evi-
dence from the 'public. however, maeidered that ienne
evidence should be given-to warrant the detention of person,
on such a charge.
The Solicitor for the prosecution then called Mr. Brown, de.
Marshal, who stated, that a woman; who was going to 'Pirating-
ham on the l2th of December, would be preduceiFoo provtattat
the prisoners were all in the yard of .the loni'Ang diet esoCtif
them put a coat into thp coach, and mid he was going. a 1.*3- ganger she was the' wife ofd soldier' in the 14th DragoOns, ti#4
upon heri information and description of Clark and Clifford th?y
were taken into euStOdY. •
Forrester said, that in consequencCor,thedeticription given ty
the woman, he and Foster apprehended die .prisoners, and lie
believed them to be the men she meant.. . The "svitne:e4 famed
upon Clifford 2624 in sovereigns and notes, and luilf an eeifae-
quer bill for 100/. •
Mr. Cope, die Marshal,' stated, that in the. house of Clif-
ford's brother, to which he went in consequence of infornia-
tion, .he found in a worsted stocking, in it hvs, exactly the
sum of 26421. in sovereigns, and die half 'Of an excheipier
bill for 100/.; btit the half hill 'did not correspond with that
which was found, upon Clifford. . •
Mr. Ilanarxit—llliese eachequer bills were bought solve
months ago St 'Nish's.
The Lonn Mayo*. said, the fact of the sum of 262/. be-
ing found in the possession of two differeot persons certainly
looked like a division of spoil. It waaneciessaq to clear up so
extraordinary tin incident.
Neither the prisoners' nor their Solicitoi thoueht proper. to
offer any explanation with respect to the money. •
The Solicitor for the Troseeudan added, that the fact oflto4-
ing money in a stocking was also a eireunistanee or suspicion., Mr. If lathe hest way. livery °ld woman keeps
her money in her old stocking. . .
tiarrisone the Marshalman, stated, that he found nineteen
sovereigns upon Clarke.
Mr. A rennEw (tlw Barrister) also attended far the prisoners.
He asked the LORD 31AY04 whether he had any objection to
permit the prisoners to go at large upon bail- in the absence of
alj.evidence. The mire was as bare as it possibly could be, and
he submitted whether the men should be held in custody undcr
such circumstances.

The Loa D 1M A Yon, after some conversation with Mr:, I f
bury anti other gentlemen, connected with the houses in lin..
trungitam, said, that coupling what he had heard in private
with the statements ~IttAt made, he considered the circuit-
stances fUlly justified' hint in sending bark the prisoners for
further examination. The son of Mr. Waterhouse would, ho
understood, be able to speak to the fact of one of the party
(Clifford or Clarke) being in the yard on the day of the robheiy-
The prisoner said, the :Exchequer bill, part of is ha had
been found upon him had been purehased at Visit's, anti that
he had putthe other l'utlf of it f..:r safety. into the bands of a
friend.—The prisoners were remanded.

S N r I)EAJ) 13()D1E4

esferdav in conv
stwctre of the alarm that
. .
was excited by the stenlirig q four bodies from the burial
ground in Oarratt-lathe, IVandsivorth, a Bench of !Magistrate,,,
consisting of O. TRIITON, Norrznoc. H.. 1., Ilan-
cualin, and J. F. AT err, Esquires, astembhxl at the French
Horn Tavern in that village, when disuse Wood and Berri/
Goldvnitit, two regular body snatchers, were brought into their
presence in the custody of W. Collingbourn„ the Aver of
lYnion-ball, on the eharge of etealing the said bodies. ilenry
hite was also in cuetudy, but he was admitted in evidence
against Wood and thildsznitli.
ilenry White, tieing sworn, stated that he was a labourer, and
lived on Wandsworth Main'. (Jr Sunday the ath "inst., about
four o'clock in the afternoon,, the prisoner Wood came and
drank tea at his house ; he (witness) knew him, and when he
"came intKthe house he was in 'bed, ninth in liquor; Wood
laid he wanted to speak to hint, and he Was in Consequence
awakened ; on going down stairs he told him there was
another man corning to see itim ; witness gomed what
came about, because •he well knew he was a " body
snatcher," Wood after a short time went away, saying he
would return presently with his friend ;--about eight o'clock
in the evening the othtr man came, and he then asked
him if he had a mind to take a still' one up that; morning
(meaning a dead body) ; witness replied, he did not care if he
did ; the man then went away ;-about luilf past four o'clock next
morning a rap came at the Shutter of witness's roam, and he jeot
up, went into his yard, and put his horse in the 'cart; eller
which lee called his brother John, and they proceeded as far
the Two Brewers public-house, at the corner of Cie:ran-lane.
NVittiese then told his brinber what he was going about and he
said he should return home, anti have no hand I
in it. le left,
arid witness drove his cart up All Farthing-lane, whm, he was
met by the prisoner(' NVood anti Goldsmith, and another maw.;
each threw a neck containing a body into the. cart, end the
strange anon got up alongside him in this can, and they drove
to. S. parrhoitanew's (to their arrival there the
man took the sacks one by one out of the cart, and entered,
the gates, and afterwards returned with the etuptys.acki,
threw them into the cart. (In getting outeide the. Hospital
gates ho gave. witness for his job. On his "rein, n tea
IVidnisworth he met his brother in the London-road,' leho tutu
him the neighbourhood was in an uproar, and that ins eattiV4.l
seen in the burial ground, -and was suspected to hart conveyed
the bodies to London. liiitnesa, on bearing this, tietermined
not to return to Wandsworth, tutu gave his brother hie horie
and cart, who drove it to the prisoner Ooltismith's cable
-don-street, London-road. Next morning he was taken into
custody and held to bait. 'lViLtleltd aubsequelitly met the
Boner 1-Vood at the Three litags public-house, near
who said tohim I hear you have come it" (meaning confessed
Witnessreplied.he should speak the truth Wetel eaid hernight
do as he liked aboutlt, and they parted.
Two witnesses deposed to Laving steer, the cart, but did tot
know the persoas of the prisoners. One of them dewed that
be had mentioned the cireutustance to a watehman, wt o refused
to attempt to detain the prisonere.
Ilugh Callender, the beadle of Wartilswoith, etilted, that in
consequence of Mr. 'Collitigtiourn, the.HigleCorietable, telling
him that some of the gravee in the burial ground had been rOb-
bed. he gave notice to the grave-digger, and several graves were
examined ; wherenfour Were • 11.1ttfitt h Pole been rebind, the
bodies were stolen, And the shrentle, &e. we releft in the rettfins.
The bndies'were those of Mr. Soper, -IVIr. Jackson, Mr,
tailli-
bone, respectable inhabitants of the town, and a Mrs. &w in,
resident of °Arnett, neither of whine bud been in tertt.4 a terteight.
Mr. Coirmgbounr, the_ high Coestable, sat/toilet thp burial
ground' whence' he bodies hued beets marten was leery retired, and
lira pm rOone -gain acCelli,to it lionsfOOte ildAt 011pia-
tbeteoleldvieft;theesd baln:r.lagfatYnitrited'iiTifidth"e4lM wlt:Theellttt,6u4.6o(rre wtittinitt7itv:rvirlYesi.izunnB:rf

The prisoners pretested their it:mace-Act ; AZlti they *ere com—
mitted to take their trial, lino goo. AVlthe was rtrnantled to
pr on to give-es:Woes against them,
It isirnixissible to describe the intlignriten tif the towns-
people agai4O4 Fisongn. On their Lcir,g Owed in the
cart to Et: cooyeyeitJO --110TIOnangf14411,2q* ItesrlYle4
with stiow,Aisit,itait bovAlltinvo itY,ulg,otab ;it the raver4ble
wreicliv% psy thin& tiKit
~,UlePtet v..ry 1.01111114t0 tlid
now, by ..10110 jne:rgts 44:111-Agnit rotasilpti were hide,:
ottigrWiSe,tingiroMulY W9A4l)4oq.bcc*.tirattlialY be c

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, JAN. 13.

Yesterday morning, after breakfast, .the King
gave private audiences to the Marquis de Perig-
.non and the Prefect de I'Orne. Several of the
Prefects 'had afterwards the honour of taking the
oath of allegiance to his Majesty.
The fanatical Journals continue to make a
great noise about a pretended violation ,of the
French territory by the Spanish troops. Now,
let us see what this offence, which has called
forth such violent' complaints, 'amounts to, ac-
cording to the statements of all private letters,
and the Journals published in the provinces ad-
joining to that in which it is pretended the viola-
tion took place. It appears, then, that on the
29th of last month, after an engagement between
the. Constitutional troops and the bands of the
Faith, in which the latter were defeated, as
usual, and fled, part into France, and part to
Valcarlos, Assure, at the 'head of 200 men, pre-
,sented himself at a village common to both
Countries, and demanded guides from the French
to point out the road.* There is nothing hostile
la this, proceeding; indeed, it seems to indicate
a desire to respect the French soil. It was for
the local authority to grant or refuse the guides;
and in the latter case, if their refusal were dis-
regarded, to protest against such conduct; but
it appears, that in the absence of the Mayor, his
deputy made no scruple to furnish the guides
who were demanded. Whether this functionary
has done right or wrong, it is not convenient to
discuss here ; besides, the Prefect has already
decided that.point, by suspending him ; all that
we wished to do was to thew that Col. Assure
has not committed the offence for which he is re-
, roached by the Quotidienne, the Mode, and the
Drapeau Blanc, with a violence and coarseness,
of which, fortunately, 'the French Journals af-
ford few examples.
Well, the Spanish troops having performed
their march, arrived at Valcarlos, n here they
completed the defeat of those enemies whom they
had previously routed. It is certain that Capt.
Armingol, the assassin of Colonel Cruchaga, was
killed in the action. As many as could escape
in the confusion fled into France, whither no
Attempt was made to pursue thern,—a new
proof that the Spanish troops never entertained
the design of violating the French territory.
(Prom the Constitutionnel.)
The moment draws near when the Ministers
are to meet the two Chambers. Thanks to the
'unheard of efforts of Ministers, and to the influ-
ence of the local authorities, the right side of the
'Chamber is reinforced by a number of Deputies,
whose ardent minds and warlike opinions are
generally. known. There is no doubt that they
will have a majority.
Such is the situation in which the‘Minister rgill
.find himself; it will be necessary for him to choose
betwixt peace and war—cruel alternative, for he
will fall of himself if he decide on war or desires
Au preserve peace. If he deduces for the for-
mer he will be reproached with not having pro-
" 'filed by lhe favourable moment for commencing
hostilities, when Madrid was convulsed, the
'Spanish army not organized, not crowned with
victory, and not intoxicated with enthusiasm and
success; when the Army of the Faith occupied
Navarre, 'Catalonia, and menaced the interior
provinces with a speedy invasion. An account
will be required of him of the blood uselessly
.shed in the cause of absolute Monarchy ; he will
,be reminded of his hostile language up to the
time of the Congress of Verona, and since that
time of his forbearance ; his tergiversation, the
retreat of M. de Montmorency, and his refusal
to sign 'a circular, which he is forced ostensibly
to approve. The Minister will not be strong',
enough to resist the blows which the war party I
are preparing for him, and it will not even grant
him the honour of a capitulation.
On the other hand, if he decides openly for
.peace, he will be severely blamed for having ex-
cited the warlike ardour of the party, and of
having compromised it in the eyes of France and
of Europe ; he will be reminded of his formal
:approval of the principles and spirit of conserva-
tion of the Holy Alliance ; he will be reproached
with his practical denial of what he theoreti-
catty approves ; it will be in vain that he says,
—" Can you desire that France should impru-
dently commence a war which will completely
ruin its already languishing commerce? its in-
dustry visibly declines. With what face can
we demand of a people paying a milliard in taxes,
still greater amount, whether by direct taxes
,or loan, which dry up the sources of future
prosperity ? If the nation was attacked in its
honour—its 'independence, such a thing might
lie conceived : but to encounter such a risk
for the good pleasure of the absolute Govern-
ments, with our constitutional Government,
'hardly escaped from a bloody contest of thirty
years against all Europe, and having so much
'need oe'reppse and of union, would be a rash
,enterprize of which we cannot think of taking
the responsibility.
However powerful such reasons may be, they
cannot satisfy the spirit of party. The Minister
will always be told that it is not right to rouse
and nourish false hopes; common declamation
will be employed, those romantic apostrophes
will be renewed to which common sense has
already done justice, the phantoms of Carbo-
narismu will be invoked, and the Ministers, ac-
.rused and convicted of Jacobinism, will full
'beneath the' acclatnations of a hostile majority.

( From the Journal des Dib-ats:)

Prmtsgtinntr, DEC. Conserouteur,
a Journal of tliis town., contains the following
article

't Russia has now for a long period attracted the attention of
foreigners, who have given information to all Europe concern.
mg its military and its political relations, but the present mental
exertions, the tendency which makes a nation desirous of giving

On the 29th of NA month, a detachment of the Constitu-
tional Army of Spain entered that part of the territory common
to both nations which is occupied by many inhabitants of the
commune of Aldusks. Tt was commanded by the brother of
Colonel Assura, and be took that mute in order to surprise the
village of Valcarlos. Ile requested guides to point out the road,
and it is impossible to conceive how the deputy, who acted on
behalf of the absent Mayor, could have had the weakness to
samilesecod to grunt such a request-4 Memorial Marias...),

itself an original-intellectual existence, appears hitherto to have I
escaped most observers. EXtraordinary events were necessary
to enable philosophic writers of other nations to judge if that
country, which appeared to them to produce only iron and
:Wier:, could also supply its tribute to and claim a place in
the republic of letters. Some French writers have endeavoured
to naturalize in their own language fragments Of Russian liters:.
ture and poetry; if, according to the idea which ought to be
formed of all translations, Ahoy have not been able to preserve
in the flowers transplanted into their clime, all their beauty of
form, and glow of colour, they have at least, in increasing the
dominion of science, merited well of the country whose literary
riches they have exported, and of that into which they have im-
ported these riches.

The English, struck with the same thing, have embarked
in the same enterprize. Last year there appeared in English
verse of different species, a Russian Anthology, or choice pieces
of the Russian poets, translated by Mr. Bowring, with remarks
and biographical notices. It does not belong to us to give any
opinion on this attempt. All that lie think ourselves entitled
to say is, that in consequence of the greater freedom of the
English language, of its metrical, system, and of the reputation
which belongs to, English translations of classical Poets, both
ancient and modern, the work will give a very precise and just
idea of the.present,state'of Russian poetry."

SPAIN.

MADRID, JAN. 6.

The communications to be made to our Govern-
ment in the name of France and the Congress of
Verona have been expected here with a lively
anxiety. The public mind was agitated, but no
symptom of trouble was manifested. Hostile in
tentions towards us, rather than actual hostilities,
were expected from the Powers ; and, should
war even take place, the confidence of the. Spanish
people in the means the country possesses of
rendering all the attacks of Europe abortive, con-
tributed much to the calm and tranquillity which
continued to reign In the midst of the sort of
crisis in which we are placed. On the.sth, the
French Ambassador delivered to our Government
the copy of the instructions of the French Minis-
ter, This Note produced litth sensation.
The Notes of the Russian, Prussian, and
Austrian Ministers were delivered on the 6th. A
report was at first spread that the Russian Note
was less moderate than those of the other Powers;
but it was soon learned that the notes were
common to the three Cabinets.

The Spanish Ministers have referred the Notes
of France and the three Powers to the Council
of State, in order to have the opinion of that body
on the answers to be given to these Notes—
answers which will be well considered, and will
give a fresh proof of the excellentspirit which ani-
mates the men now at the head of affairs in Spain.
it appears that the Council of State is to join
to itself a certain number of the Deputies of the
Cortes taken from the parties who exhibit the
different shades of opinion remarked in that as-
sembly. The attitude of the Ministry and of
the Cortes creates in the people of Spain a feeling
of confidence and security, which does equal
honour to the Ministers and to the Congress as to
the national character. Every one is perfectly
satisfied that the replies of the Cabinet of Madrid
will be so framed as to preserve uninfringed the
dignity of Spain, at the same time that they will,
by their moderation, remove all pretext for hos-
tilities, which Spaniards will always be ready to
repel, but which they are far from meaning to
provoke.
The Espectador, which is the journal of the
Ministry, makes the. following observations on
the Note delivered by the Count Lagarde to our
Government :
" We shall abstain from the long comments to which so
remarkable a document might give rise. Judicious readers
will find in it matter for profound reflection ; and those who
interest themselves in the fate of Spain, ,Will there see clearly
traced the course which existing circumstances prescribe to her.
" In fine, the veil which caused so much uncertainty is
torn ; the cloud which enveloped all politicians in its shadows is
dissipated ; the oracles have spoken, and we now know that the
French Government is determined not to declare war against
us for the present. A declaration of war against Spain is not
Indeed an affair of so little importance that it may be lightly
decided on, and the reflections which present themselves as to
the result of a contest which could not fail to prove fatal to
those who would provoke it, are neither superfluous nor inop.
portune. This accounts for the passion of the Duke of Mont.
morency being overcome, when it came in contadt with the
priulent sagacity of M. tie Villele.
" The note transmitted to the Count Lagarde reveals the
past, fixes the present, and opens a prospect of the future.—
We must repeat, that under these three points of view, it is
very remarkable. The, manner in which it describes the re-
establishment of the Constitution—the transition which is made
from that memorable wient to the movements of the Royal
Guard—the insurrection of the frontier provinces—the might
of the French Government to maintain an army of observation
—the resolutions of the Congress of Verona—the assistance
offered us in one case, and what is held out to us in a different
lease, are so many points which merit a very circumstantial
analysis, into which we shall not at present enter.

" For ourselves, we are confident that the Government,
which watches Oyer the national felicity and bonour, will make
on this document those observations which it is so naturally
calculated to excite in men who act *ith equity and rectitude,
anti who stand on the firMness of their sentiments and their
principles."

The Municipality has addressed a fresh repre-
sentation respecting the authors of the conspiracy
of the 7th of July, and their accomplices. In
'this writing they municipality recites the measures
which it has taken to forward the course of jus-
tice against these individuals ; and it also re-
minds his Majesty, that it was only upon receiv-
ing a formal promise that the traitors should be
punished, that the militia consented to separate
and retire to their homes on the 12th of July.--
The address conclUdes with a prayer that the
King will command the proceedings which have
been commenced against the conspirators of the
month of July to be conducted with activity. A
representation of a similar purport was made by
the Landaburian Society on the 5111, upon the
motion of General Itiego, who said the rigour of
justice ought not only to visit those individuals
who have been placed under arrest, but also
those whci have hitherto escaped all molestation.
The regiment-of the ca►alry of Almanza, which
conducted itself so gloriously on.the 7th of July?
has departed frQm Madrid. On the day pre-

lieu* to its departure it was reviewed in the
square of Recollets. After the review the sol-
diers demanded with loud cries to be led to the
square of the *Constitution. Having arrived
there, they surrounded the stone of the Consti-
tution, and renewed their oaths to die in defence
of their country, and the laws which they enjoy
under the Constitution. The air resounded with
cries of " The Nation ! the Constitution ! the
National Congress, and the heroic people of
Madrid! the Constitution or death !"
Our journals continue to be filled with relit-,
tions of the operations of the constitutional forces
dispatched in pursuit of the factious. The troops
of Gnerals Torrijos and Mina have been parti-
cularly mentioned as having made the enemies of
the Constitution suffer considerable losses. The
latter are pursued in all directions, and are not
permitted to have a moment of repose in any
place. A. curate and two other leaders of rebel-
lious bands have been arrested in Biscay. The
constitutional troops exhibit the same activity in
Arragon. The fortress of Mequinenza is closely
blockaded;

The measures for enforcing the levy which has
been decreed by the Cortes are conducted every
where with regularity, and, in many of the pro.
vinces, with enthusiasm. Eight hundred recruits
have set out from Madrid to join the army.--
Similar detachments are on their march in all the
provinces for the same destination. They sing
patriotic songs, in passing through towns.
A letter from Bayonne, dated the 7th, gives
the following details on the result of General
O'Donnel's expedition :

" The attempt of General O'Donnel in Navarre has had-the
consequences which we expected. On the'3oth of last month
that General was violently insulted at Estella by his own sol-
diers, who were worn out with the marches and countermarches
he made them perform. The Commandant Jaunito had an in-
terview with him; and represented to him the discontent of the
men, and their wish to risk a battle with the Constitutionalists
O'Donnel showed his instructions, by which he was directed
to confine himself to harrissing and fatiguing the enemy. 'When
Jaunito repeated this answer to the soldiers, they loudly tes-
tified their disapprobation ; and O'Donnel, whose health was
considerably injured, apprehending that the minds of his fol-
lowers would become still further exasperated, resolved to give
up the command, and to return to France, by the way of St.
Jean Pied-de-Port, along with some of his officers. It is said
that he arrived at Bayonne yesterday, but this we cannot con-
firm ; we only know that there have arrived at the St. Esprit
24 cavaliers of the Faith, who, it is said, served him for his
escort. We know not who will be his successor, nor whether
he will have one.

The accounts from Navarre announce, that the Position of
the armies is such, that we every moment expect to hear of the
complete defection of the troops of the Faith, concentrated as
they are in the mountains, and completely surrounded by the
Constitutionalism On the 2d, 120 of Jratinito's soldiers pre.
sented themselves to the Alenlde of Alegrin, to claim the armi-
stice which was granted to them.
" A commercial house of this town has been commissioned
by another of 'Vittoria, to negotiate with the agents of.the Faith
for the ransom of six individuals, Who were taken as hostages
and carried into the mountains. The demand made is 12,000
piastres, and the half of that sum has been offered. In conse-
quence of the want of money, there is little hope of these un-
fortunate captives recovering their liberty. They belong to the
commune of Ciego, in Rioja. This is not the first time that
our town has been made the theatre of such a shameful traffic."

MELANCHOLY SUlClOE.—Yesterday forenoon,
about half-past twelve o'clock, a foreign Gentle-
man, lately arrived in this country, put a period
to his existence, at his lodgings in Burton-cres-
cent, Somers Town, under the following dis-
tressing circumstances :—ltapeared that the un-
fortunate Gentleman was formerly living in the
most affluent circumstances in France, but
becoming embarrassed, he was led to this
country in the hope of improving his situation,
and for some time past he obtained a livelihood
by his tuition in various languages. He was fre-
quently heard to complain of his wants,and latter-
ly his mind seemed to be worn down to a most
pitiable state of melancholy, in which mood he
retired to his chamber on Tuesday night last
at his usual hour ; but the following morning, re-
maining in his bed-room longer than he was accus-
tomed to do, the servant was induced to proceed
to the apartment to examine the cause, when she
found the door fastened on the inside. She made
an alarm, and her master and mistress instantly
went up stairs, and, on forcing open the door,
they beheld the deceased suspended by his neck-
kerchief from the bed post. He was cut down,
and Mr. Chabot, a surgeon was sent for but on
his arrival life‘was perfectly extinct. The de-
ceased was about 45 years of age, and a fine look-
ing man. The body now lies at the King's Arms
Tavern, Burton-crescent, for the Coroner's In-
quest.

- INTERMENT OF A LAscaa.--The butial-rites of
a Lascar took place yesterday morning in Briton's
burial-ground, Church-lane, Whitechapel, in the
presence, notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather, of an immense'concourse of spectators.
—The remains of the deceased, (a man) were
wrapped up in a sheet, and deposited in a plain
wooden shell, painted black, which was carried
with the lid loose upon it, in a blanket;by four
of his countrymen, and followed close in the rear
by several others from the Lascar barracks, Can-
non-street-road, St. George's in the East, to the
place of intermedt, where it arrived about eleven
o'clock. On approaching the grave, which was
about five feet deep, they laid down the coffin,
and having formed themselves in a circle round
it, took off the lid, uncovered the corpse, and
having sprinkled several handfuls of fine earth
over its face, replaced the lid, and fastened it
down by means of three common nails ; they
then took the blanket from about the coffin, and
let the latter gently into the grave, which
they instantly commenced filling with the
clay, some by means of shovels, and others with
their hands, for they would not allow a grave-
digger to take any part in the transaction. The
grave being filled up, they sprinkled water over
it from an earthen vessel, and burying a shovel
at the feet of the corpse, they spilled down by it
what remained of the water. A handkerchief
was then spread at the bead of the grave, and
on that was placed a paper containing about half
a pound of moist sugar, and several apples cut
into square pieces ; and over this they all stood
muttering some words, as if by way of prayer,
and thus the ceremony ended without the attend-
ance of a Clergyman of any persuasion what-
ever. They sit up in turn, two at a time, provid-
ed with lights and implements of defence, for
'several nights. •

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

WEST INDIA INTERCOURSE ACT.

COPY OF AN OFFICIAL LETTER SUSPENDING SOME OF

THE CLAUSES OF THE ABOVE ACT.

Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
Whitehall, 6th Dec. 1822.

It having been represented to the Lends of the Committee of
Pkvy Council for Trade, that the object contemplated by the
Weit India Intercourse Act of last Session, cap. 44. has in a
great measure been defeated, partly in consequence of the con-
struction put upon it in some of the islands, so far as respect'
the bonds to be entered into by parties exporting the articles
enumerated in the Act, and partly from the effect of requiring
the bonds at all ; I am directed to transmit you the copy of a
letter from the Agent of Jamaica on the subject, and to acquaint
you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of His
Majesty's Treasury, that the. Lords of this Committee, conceiv-
ing that it may be desireable to propose some alterations in this
respect, whenever Parliament shall meet, are of opinion that,
in the mean time, the Officers of Customs in the West India
islands, and the British North American colonies, should forth-
with be instructed not to require any bonds on the exportation of
Rum, the manufacture of any of the said islands or colonies, ex-
ported in fOreign vessels, as described in the Act abovemen timed,
under the proiisions thereof. And that all bonds already enter-
ed into with respect to the exportation of that article, under the
provisions of the said Act, should be cancelled; and also that
the said officers should be directed not to require any bond on
the exportation front the said islands or colonies, of any article
of British manufacture, (except in the case of the exportation of
naval or military stores under the licence of the Secretary of
State) ; and that all bonds of this description already entered into
should in like manrier bet:tuella The Lords of this Commit-
tee are however of opiniOn, that with m'pe:t to articles gene-
rally, being of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the said
islands and colonics, (runs ekcepted), the bond required by the
Act should continue to be taken on the exportation thereof
in foreign ships,, A therein' described, from such' islands and
colonies; but that such bonds should not require the parties to
land the goods so exPoeted, at any particular port or place ; but
merely require that the goods should be landed in-some port
or place in the American or West Indian dominions of the
country, or state to which the vessel exporting the same shall
belong ; and that all bonds already entered into for the delivery
of goods exported at a particular port or place, may be can-
-celled on the proof of the landing of such goods at some port
or place aforesaid of the country or stagy to which the exporting
vessel shall belong. I ant further directed to requestt that you
will move the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury
to give the necessary directions to the Commissioners of Customs
accordingly. (Signed) THOMAS LACK.

Foreign TILES imported into the West India Islands.

Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
'Whitehall, Dec. 5, 1822.

Sin,—The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for
Trade having had under their consideration a representation
from the Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs, dated the
9th ult., on the Subject of the importation of Tiles, the produce
of foreign colonies, into the British West India Islands ; l am
directed to ticquaint you, for the information of the Commis-
sioners, that, although the admission of foreign 'riles appears
to be contrary to the provisions of the West India Intercourse
Act of last Session, yet, as it is probable that this article may
hereafter be added to the list of articles allowed to be imported
into the British West Indies, the Lords of this Cammittee are
of opinion, that, in the mean time, the Officers of Customs
should abstain from seizing Tiles of this description.

George Delavaud, Esq. (Signed). TIIOS. LACK.

RUM allowed to be warehoused at Barnstaple.
Whitehall Treasury Chambers, Dec. 30, 1822.
After our hearty commendations—Having considered your
Repose of the lOth December 1822, on a letter requesting that
the Port of Barnstaple may be approved for the bonding of Rum
in Table A of the Warehousing Act, these are to approve of
the Port of Barnstaple as a *arehousing port for West India
Rum in Table A of the Warehousing Act, 43d Geo. 111. c.
132 ; for which this shall be your warrant.
(Signed) N. VA NS ITTA RT.
B. PAGET..
Commissioners of Customs. G. H. A. SOMERSET.