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PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

S. Sefton and A. Coope, Manchester, Veterinary surg.eon—J.
White and G. Worsford, Hampton-Wick, whitesmrths—F.
Leeming-lane, Yorkshire, and R. Pickersgill,
Darlington, Durham, farmers—J. Vivian and E., G. S. Gurney,
Camborne; Cornwall—T. Onion and J. Bourne, Birmingham,
coach-lace-manufacturers—J. Drewett and W. Leahy, 13 enry-
strect,Waterloo-road,engineers—J., G. 2., and C. Stephenson,
Gracechureh-street,wholesale ironmongers--E. Fellows and W.
J. Broun, Great Winchester-street, I kmen—J. Green and C.
PiCkslay, Sheffield, ironmongers—J. and M. Tayloi,' Sheffield,
manufacturers of carpets—R. Bradshaw and C. Jordeson, North
Shields, rope-makers—M. Miller and E. • Tay, Petersham,
school-mistresses—H. Young and C. Williams, Dursley, Glou-
cestershire, brewers—B. Beakbane.and D. Dunglison,Liverpool,
dealers in ready-msde linen—C.Jack and W. Patterson,Golden-
square, tailors—J. Chattaway awl W. Tabberer, Birmingham,
mealmen—S. Costerton. J. Harper, and J. F. Costerton, Great
Yarmouth, brewerS—R. Hooton and H. Downing, Birming.
ham, iron-manufacturers—H. U. Thompson and H. George,
Kensington,surgeons—J. Smith and W. Passmore,Southampton
boot-makers—J. Anderson,J. Storm, J. G. Gordon, D. M‘Lach-
lan, P. M'Lachlan, and D. Macintyre, London.

LEICESTER BOROUGH. SESSIONS.-REV. R. DAVIS V.
LILLY.—This case came to be arghed before the Recorder, this
day, in the shape of an appeal from the decision of the Magis-
trates at the Exchange. Mr. Bond, for the respondent, addressed
the Court at some length, to show that his client was entitled to
Easter offerings, as due to him of common right as vicar of thepa-
fish of St. Nicholas, in this town. M r.F.Bank art, for the appellant,
insisted (the right of custom having been relinquished by Mr.
Bond) that his client was not liable, because he belonged to
that class of persons (labourers) who were exempted from the
payment of such offerings, and called witnesses to prove the
fact. It appearing, however, that though Lilly generally work-
ed at his trade (shoemaking) as a journeyman, that he did
sometimes make shoes to order, the Recorder held that he did not
come within the meaning of the act, and was therefore liable to
the Vicar's demand of sixpence—that is, two-pence per head
for every individual above the age of 16. The Recorder said
the case had been well argued on both sides, and lamented that
observations had been used by Mr. Bond, and replied to by Mr.
Bankart, which had nothing to do with,the question. The
appellant had a right to appeal as he had done, and even to call
upon others'to assist him, if he thought proper. although
this case has been decided against
,Lilly, it clearly appears that
all persons of the class of labourers, that is, all whe do 'not
manufacture and sell their own gciods, are exempt from the
payment of Easter offerings.—(Leicester Cler:onicle.)

FRENCH PAPERS.

(Front Ms Moniteur of Jan. 11.—( Opial Part.)
ORDINANCE OF THE ICING.

" Louts, by the grace of God, &c.

" We have caused a pastoral letter of our
cousin the Cardinal Archbishop of Toulouse to
be laid before us, which is dated the 15th of Oc-
tober, 1823, and printed in that city by Augustin
Manavit.

" Aud we have considered, that if it is for the
Bishops of our kingdom to ask of us the amelio-
rations and changes which they judge necessary
to religion, it is sot through the medium of pas-
toral letters that they can exercise that right,
since they are addressed only to the faithful of
their dioCese, and should have no other object
than to instruct them in the religious duties
which are prescribed to them.
" That our cousin the Cardinal Archbishop of
Toulouse lies published, under the form of a
pastoral letter, propositions contrary to public
law, and to the laws of the kingdom, to the pre-
rogatives and independence of our-crown.
" Therefore, on the report, of our Keeper of
the Seals, Minister Secretary of State for the
Department of Justice, by the advice of our
Council of State; we haVe declared and declare,
ordained and ordain, as follows
Art. I. There is an abuse in the pastoral
letter of our cousin the Cardinal Archbishop of
Toulouse, printed in the same city by Augustin,
Manavit: in, consequence, the said letter is and
shall remain suppressed.
" Art. t. Our Keeper of the Seals, Minister
Secretary of State for the Department .of Justice,
and our Minister Secretary of State for the De-
partment of the Interior, are charged, each in
what concerns him, with the execution of the
present ordinances, which shall he inserted in the
BUlletin of the Laws.

" Given at our Palace of the Tuileries, the 10th January, in
the year of our Lord 1824, and the 29th of our Reign.
" By the King, LOUIS.
" The Keeper of the Seals, Minister Secretary of State for
the Department of Justice.
" Count de PE YRONNET."

• It is stated in letters from Madrid, that the
King of Spain has made changes in some embas-
.sies but the Duke of San Carlos still remains at
Paris. M. d'Anduaga is appointed to Constan-
tinople ; the Count de la Alcadia, to Petersburgh,
&c.—(Quotidienne.)
NEW DECREE OF FERDINAND.
[From the Etoile, dated Monday, Jan 12.1
MADRID, JAN. 2...--The King our Sovereign has
issued the following Decree :-
4.4 The violence with which several corps of my Armies, turn-
ing against my Royal person the arms which I had put into
compelled me to recognize and swear to, on the
-820, the Political Constitution of the Spanish
Monarchy, could not fail to attract the attention of all the
Sovereigns of Europe. Their Thrones were endangered by the
horrible crime Which had been committed against mine.
64 masters of the Government, the conspirators and their °c-
an-tip/ices did
tpaieirolfuti‘nidarse,h,
ricst fail soon to throw aside the mask,under which
disguised the true object of their hidden desiges.
they had
Blinded by their triumph, • they did not dissemble that the
Constitution of Cadiz was not the final object of their desires,
nor pain the only theatre where the spirit of rebellion was to
display its dreadful fury.
~ The maxims of sedition and anarchy spread among the
r,eoplepoliation and humiliation of the elevated classes
gFose insults, both in words and deeds, directed against
sometimes
the MaJestY of my person and all the Royal Family—the usur-
githriate authority; • and lastly, are scandalous degradation of
surreptitious sometimes violent, of my
the holy religion of Jesus Christ, barbarously insulted 'and
pation,
persecuted in the persons of its Ministers left no doubt, even
to the least clear-sighted, that in the darimachinations of the
secret societies, Spam was irrevocably condemned to cease to
-be a Monarchy.
L, The revolutions of Naples, Turin, and Lisbon, contrived
one after the other; by the same means, and on the same prin-
ciples,completed. the conviction of the,, Sovereigns, that no
throne could be in safety without cutting off at once all the
heads of the Hydra which threatened to devour the universe.—
Such was the object, equally noble and important, of their fre-
quent meetings. Certainly, but for the resolutions, which for
the salvation of the human race prevailed in the Congresses of
Laybach and Verona, a great part of civilized Europe, deluged
in its blood, would now be the prey of ignorant and presump-
tuOus reformers. _ _

" A single effort of the powerful Emperor of Austria suf-
ficed to put an end in a few days to the troubles of Naples and
Piedmont. A similar effort of the Most Christian King suf-
ficed, in like manner, to make the edifice of the constitution
throughout the Peninsula fall to ruin on its authors. Embol-
dened by the presence of my well-beloved cousin the Duke of
Angouleme and his valiant army, the immense majority of my
subjects hastened to overthrow the trophies which stupidity had
erected to revolt, and to re-establish the ancient institutions
which had made the happiness of their fathers. Conducted by
victory, the son of France flies to the banks of the Guadalete—
he attacks—he carries the Troeadero ; he fills my oppressors
with terror, and at length I and my family are free. Glory be
to God I
" In the midst of the griefs with which my heart is afflicted,
at the sight of the condition to which three years of suffering
have reduced my kingdoms, I have seen with satisfaction that
my Supreme Council of the Indies, moved by its constant zeal
for the good of my service, was eager to propose to me by its
deliberation of the 30th of October, the measures which appear-
ed to it the most proper to alleviate the evils caused by the re-
volution of the Peninsula, in that part of my possessions.—
Adopting the opinion of the said council, I ordain as follows :
" 1. In all my dominions in America, a solemn Te Drum
shall be celebrated, in gratitude to the Almighty for the bless-
ing 'which in his infinite mercy he has granted to the whole
nation, in preserving me and all my Royal family safe and un-
harmed amidst such great and continual dangers.
" 2. The political. Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy is
for ever abolished in my said dominions in America. Their
Governments are re-established conformably to the laws and
ordinances existing before the 7th of March, 1820.
" 3. The Political Chiefs, the Provincial Deputations, the
Constitutional Muicipalities, their Secretaries, Officers, and de-
pendents shall immediately cease their functions.
• " 4. The newly established Courts ofJustice shall also cease
their functions.
" 5. The Militia created by the Cortes, under the name of -
Notional, shall be immediately dissolved. The individuals
comprising, ii shall give up. their arms and equipments before
they return to their homes.
" 6. The suppressed communities shall return to their
convent's; and be reinstated in all their possessions compre-
hending those which have been alienated in any manner
whatsoever.
"7. I confirm the favours and employments which may
have been granted during the Constitutional Government,'in
fu possessions 'in America; provided, however, that they are
not derived from the Constitution ; that they are not of new
creation"; and that those who have obtained them have not ren-
dered themselves unworthy of them by their conduct.
" B.' With the exception of what is determined by the pre-
ceeding-article, any office which may have become vacant by
the discharge'or•unjust removal of him who held it, shall be
festered to. him if he desires it, with the exception of him who
shall have beitirptit in his place. In consequence, I order my
Viceroys, Courts of Jltitice, Captains-General, Governors, and
In'tenaants ;• and I chaige. the moat Reverend Archbishops and

Bishops Deans and Chapters of the Metropolitan Churches and
Cathedrals of my Kingdom of the Indies, of the adjacent islands,
and of the Philippines, to fulfil and cause to be executed, pacit
as far as he is concerned; my Royal will, such as it is here above
expressed. _ _

i' Done at the Palace, the of December, 1323."
The King, our master, desiring to recompense the services
and the fidelity of the. Minister de caps y espada don Lopez
d'Alcaraz, and the intendants of the army, Don Ant. Gongora.
and Don Joachim de Peralta y Sanz, has, by a Decree signed
by his hand, nominated them Directors-General of the Re:-
venues of the Kingdom.
Father Cordon. Provincial of the Jesuits in Spain, has com-
manded all the Priests of the Order to celebrate masses in gra-
titude for the happy deliverance of the King of Spain, and all
those of the. Society who are not Priests to offer up prayers,"
The 29th of May and the Ist of November are for ever happy,
days in the annals of the Society.
PAIIII4I, JAN. On Friday, the Marquis Alfieri de Sos-
tegno, Ambassador of Sardinia, had the honour to deliver to
the Duke of Angoulerne The Collar of the superior Order of the
Annunciada, wlncft.the King of Sardinia has sent to his. Royal
Highness.
Statements, manifestly absurd and false, are sure to be fophd
in some of the letters from Madrid. It has been affirmed, for
instance, that at the close of one of the meetings of the Council-
of State, the Infant Don Carlos had had a very warm discnssion
with his brother, the Infant Don Francis, and that the King,
displeased with the latter, had exiled him to his father-in-law
at Naples; the famous Amnesty Act was said to have been the
cause of this difference. Not a word of this is true. This act
continues to be talked of at Madrid as well as here ; but it is of
such importance that it cannot be too deeply deliberated upon ;
under present circumstances, the wise hesitation of the Govern-
ment ill accords with the impatience of an eager public.
The accounts from the north of Spain and Gallicia are of the
most satisfactory character. _

The departure of the Curate Merino, for Valencia (to the
Cathedral of which he has been appointed Canon), is spoken
of. He and Don Antonio Maranon, are objects of the atten-
tion, and even veneration, of the public. It would be a tine
example given to the world by these two Ecclesiastics, to see
them devote themselves to the exercises of their holy Minis-
try, with the same zeal which they have shewn at the head of
the battalions which they led to victory. So long as the towers.
of Urgel exist, the heroic courage of the Trappist will be re-
membered, and the name of the Curate Merino, and the deeds
of his faithful soldiers, are engraven in indelible characters on
every rock in Castile. •

( From the Constitutionnel.)
PRUSSIA.

MAGDEBURGII, DEC. 20.—(Extract from a Private Let-
ter.)—Letters of convocation having at length been addressed
to the members of the Nobility, to the towns and districts which
are to name Representatives for the Provincial States of Bran-
denburgh, the election of Deputies is to be proceeded in accord-
ing to a regulation which has been communicated to the Cor-
porations, on which the duty of electing Representatives de-
volves. It would have been desirable that more publicitrhad
been given to this transaction : nothing has been published in
the journals of Berlin, or in those of the provinces. The
greater part of the Deputies of the towns are Members of the
Municipalities, hitherto but little known ; it is impossible,
therefore, to form any previous judgment of the manner' in
which this assembly will be composed.
We may make the same remarks with, respect to the De-
puties of the Nobility and those of the Districts ; we are not,
even acquainted at present lki.th the greater part of their nomi-
nations. ;.

The three Deputies of Berlin for the Provincial States. of
Brandenburgh are :—Messrs. Humbert end Knoblantz, both
.Members of the Municipal Council, and M. Kampfmeyer, a
rich manufacturer at Berlin. The latter is known for his ex-
tensive acquirements and great integrity. His election is ge-
nerally approved of. It is suited that the publication of the
Organisation of the Provincial States of Silesia will Shortly
take place. With respect to that of Prussian Saxony, no men-
tion is made of it; although the preliminary steps have lone
since been taken.

( From the Courier Franeais. )
• The following paragraph appear* in the Tablettes Univer-
selles :—" A Prince of the Blood Royal has suffered the nume-
rous agents and stewards of his vast estates to declare that it will
►ive him satisfaction, if the votes of his tenantry, at the ensue
mg elections, be given to candidates known for their devotion,
to the constitutional monarchy."