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London, England, 1823-07-14 00:00:00

country loaded with the benedictions and the
gratitude of Spain. It was probably the ap-
proaching return of this Gentleman, which gave
rise to the rumour that the Duke d'Angouleme
was about to revisit Paris.

[MORNING HERALD.]
On Saturday we gave some extracts from two
Paris Journals of Thursday, which reached us
exclusively, by express.—Further Journals of
the same date have since been received ; but
they throw no additional light on the real posi-
tion of the'SpaniTh General Morillo.—Sonie faint
doubts are suggested respecting the proclama-
tions ascribed to him, on the ground that the
Monileur gave then► not in its official columns,
but on the authority of a private letter, in its
miscellaneous and irresponsible part. It is also
remarked, that the Major-General at the head-
quarters of the Duke of Angouleme, makes no
mention of them in a bulletin of subsequent date.
All, however; that we could infer from this is,
that Morillo's terms had not been agreed to by
the French. In the difficulty of compre-
hending, from the scanty intelligence hi-
therto received, the design of this Gene-
ral, the French Journalists harp once more
upon the chord of " the Britannic Minis.
try." They wilt have it that he has assumed the
independent government of the provinces under
his command, under English protection. It is
unnecessary to say that this trite imputation is
utterly absurd. The_ Servile Regency is too in-
tently bent upon the old despotism in its purity
to admit any compromise—least of all, with a
General whose force, though no doubt mach
greater than the French represented it, is far
from sufficient to turn the scale.—Neither is he
likely from personal character to rally the Spa-
nish Nobles round him. His Nobility is of re-
cent creation, having commenced his career as
a private soldier from, w peasant.—lt excites
some surprise, that he has been trusted by the
Cortes after the 7th of July.—But even then, he
afforded proof that he was decided against des-
,potism, and gave the plotters of that day the slip
as soot► as he discovered their designs. His mi-
litary talents, as well as the pledge of a large
fortune depending on the sanctity of the decrees
of the Cortes, were also strong motives to-confide
in him. We have in these Journals no further
intelligence fromiCatliz. The next arrivals will
be most interesting,as they ►will confirm or refute
the reported flight or resignation of the Ministers.
Ballasteros is stated to.have taken a strong posi-
tion near Alicant ; and Mina, so often' routed
by the French, and deserted by his soldiers, and
even dangerously sick., carries on his operations
in Catalonia.—An alarm was created on' the
French 'Change towards the end of the lost week,
by a report of the Kit►g of France being taken
suddenly ill, so as to be obliged to feaVe the
Council, over which he was at the moment pre•

ratterfsti
The French Papers Of ;Friday readied' uti hist
night by express. Nothing decided appears in
any of these papers*. or frem our own private' ac.
counts, respecting the Gallician Chief Morino,
The Munileur and Journal des Debafr have Intel.
ligence, true or untrue, from Madrid up to the
Gth July ; but they are utterly silent as to any
movements whatever of Morino's. Whether this
silence proceed from the determination of the Court
Of Carthagena'& not being relished by the French
Cabinet, or that nothing further from Gallicia
was then known, we cannot now pronounce.—
In fact; strong doubts are entertained by some
of the French Opposition Journals, and even by
the organ of the Ultras—the Drapeau Blanc, as
to the authenticity of the intelligence respecting
Morillo's determination, and the proclamations
given as his : both seem to think ti:is hold and
veteran leader determined to support unhesi-
tatingly the cause of liberty, and the Cortes,
whom he has sworn to serve. His country's fate
arid his own are full before him ; he has wit-
nessed her utter degradation and wretchedness,
under absolute power; he knows her capabili..
ties of prosperity, were she unshackled, with a
free constitution, and a wise and honest Ministry
to aid its powers. Abisbal's fate is also before
his eyes; a warning against personal submission.
He knows

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To ane for chains, and own a conqueror."

Morino may be among those who wished to ow.
dify the Constitution of Spain ; but his conduct
on the 7th July, 1822, in Madrid, spews he will
tight resolutely against those whose aim is to
overturn all liberty, and restore the horrors of
absolute power. The venerable La Fayette and
the Patriots of 1789 were as much hated by the
Royalists par excellence of .France, at Collet,
Bourdon, or the most furious of the Committees'
and Mountain Party. Abisbal and Martinez Rosa,
who were. both friendly to a modification of the
Constitution, found their lives unsafe front the
fury of the Regency, and its bloody satellites,
and fled to France for refuge. Morillo has these
recent warnings before his eyes. He is shrewd
and experienced ; he has a large property in the
countryincquired by his American command, and
will not, therefore, act unrellectingly. He must
either submit or fight ; no alternative is now left
him ; and there is no doubt he will prefer the
latter at once, aud, if his troops'be resolute and
faithful, that ho will do so successfully too. Mar-
tignac, the French Civil Commissioner, has been
recalled from Madrid ;his mission, as he states,be-
ing fulfilled. If the Frenchman mean that the
instalment,of a few rebel grandees, protected by
hireling bayonets; was the object of this missions,
this most august ceremonial has been gone
through with credit ; but if Martignac i.tend it
as a declaration, that the constitution is finally
overturned, and a new government given, by his
aid, to all Spain, he speaks, we are sure, most
arrogantly and falsely. We hope the cup of de.
gradation and misery, poured out for that un.
happy country, is not yet full, and that much
yet remains to be done, beyond the no-
mination of the vile body now ruling in Ferdi-
nand's name in Madrid. The French King's speech
on the reception of the Duke of San Carlos, as
ambassador from this knot of traitors (to whom
the Ultra ralaru was in return deputed), is not
quite so confident as Martignaes address, though