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London, England, 1823-03-25 00:00:00

on the 99th of January ; but the Colombian'
squadron, consisting of 27 sail, were masters of
the Gulph of Maracaibo ; and Commodore
Daniels, with three corvettes and two brigs, was
blockading Polio Cavello. From the-superiority
of the Colombian forces, by sea and land, it was
supposed that Maracaibo would soon fall,
especially as General Urdanetta, with 4300 men,
was in active preparation for besieging the place
on the land side.

[MORNING CIIRONICLVd
* Llewellyn's reason for inferring a resem-
blance between Macedon and Wales has been
often and justly admired. The ingenuity of the
Learned Weidman has, however, been fairly
surpassed by that of a Learned Contemporary
(The New Times), who, as " the interference
of the Prince of Orange in the affairs of Eng-
land was by a foreign armed force," and as
the King of France is about to interfere in
the affairs of Spain by a foreign armed force,
concludes there is a perfect resemblance between
the two cases. Moreover, King William issued
a declaration, a►ul King Louis issued a declara-
►ion. Who can any longer doubt that the cases
are parallel ? King Louis indeed enters Spain to
destroy the Constitution, stating in his Declara-
tion that the Spaniards can only receive one from
Ferdinand, when he is at full liberty either to
give or refuse it. King William entered England
to prevent a legitimate King from destroying the
Constitution, and he sent that legitimate King
on his travals very much against his will what-
ever the lawyers might say. This, no doubt,
constitutes a slight difference in the object ;
but the essentials were the same, the interfe-
rence and the foreign armed force. But there is
another precedent of an interference, and a foreign
armed force, which applies more closely still,
that of 1745. The head of the Bourbon family,
feeling the same degree of kindness for English-
men that his descendant now does for Spain, did
us the favour to assist a legitimate. Pretender
with money and French troops, that he might,
through them and a Highland Army of the Faith,
recover his freedom and destroy ours. The
Clergy of the Church of England too wished still
more generally for the success of this inter-
' ference, if Hume and other contemporary writers
are to' be believed, than the Spanish Clergy do
for the success or that of Louis.—We have no
doubt the Orangemen will find additional reasons
for admiring King William, in this happy disco
very of a resemblance between his views and tha
of King Louis.

* FLUELLEN.

[MORNING HERALD.]
Paris Papers of Saturday's date were received
yesterday. The Ultra Journals contain a variety
of paragraphs relative to the preparations for in-
vasion. There is scarcely any thing, however,
which had not been said, in some shape or other,
before—if we except the single aasertion, that a'
declaration of war, in due form, against Spain,
will be published at Paris between the Ist and
sth of next month. The 'Chamber of Depu-
ties transacts business with singular laconism
and decorum—or else the Journals no longer
think the proceedings of public interest. On
Friday a great number of Petitions from mer-
cantile inhabitants of Havre, Bordeaux, Lille,
Rouen, Atorlaix, and several other maritime or
manufacturing places, were brought, all at the
same time, under the notice of the Chamber, so-
liciting earnestly for the continnance of peace.—
They were got rid of by the most curt and
unceremonious form of proceeding known to
the Chamber—viz. by moving the order of the
day. At length the Government has taken a
step against the refractory Serjeant of the Na.,
tional Guard, Mercier. The Moniteur, by Royal
Ordinance, announces that his name is erased
from the list of the National Guard. This,
we presume, is the only punishment that will
he attempted. It is obvious the Government
did not dare to bring him to trial before a
Council of Discipline. Ile, no doubt, will easily
console himself with the celebrity he has suddt;nly
gained, and the testimonials (in the way of ad-
dresses, snuff-boxes, and sabres) which he has
received from his comrades, both of Paris and
other great towns. It appears, however, that
the Public Authority has interfered to check the
addresses to " the Comrade Mercier." A Serjeant
Nlajor of the National Guard of Paris received
notice from the Colonel of his Legion, that his
(the Serjeant's) functions had ceased. The rea-
son was, his having an address to M. Mercier
lying for• signature at his house. Whether it is
that the war Journals have exhausted their bile
by this tune, or because they have no longer any
serious opposition to their views, they have be-
come extremely vapid on the subject of the war
with Spain.

SEIZURE OF TWO. ILLICIT STILLS, AND EXTRAORDI-
NARY PURSUIT OF THE SHUGOLER.—dibOtIt twelve o'clock
on Saturday morning, two of the principal officers of the Ex.
else, Fitchew, sen. and Druett, repaired to No. 5, Sweet'-
land-court, Bishopsgate-street, near Widegate.alley, where an
extensive private still has been for some time in work. Fitchew
first entered, and was followed by Druett. All was now in
the greatest confusion. The officers ran up sails, and found
the smuggler, whose name is Thomas Jacksoti.l escaping
through the trap-door by means of a rope-ladder. fitchew was
quick at his heels, and chased hlm over the roofs of several
houses : unfortunately, Jackson evaded the officer. Druett,
the officer, searched the premises for the object of their visit,
and found a large cellar fitted up in the most convenient manner
for the purpose of distillation. The still was then at work,
running strong spirits from low wines; there were also a
number of wash backs, containing several hundred gallons of
molasses in fermentation, a quantity of spirits full proof, low
wines, &c. Leaving an officer in custody of the illicit tip.
paratus, the still, &c., they repaired to" an uninhabited house
in Devonshire-court, Iloundeditch, on a similar errand.—
The officers, unable to gain admittance by knocking, 'pro.
cured a ladder, and entering at the window, found 2 or 3 men
and women smoking and drinking; he, sans cerensanfe, rush.
ed down stairs, and admitted Fitchew ; they then
.proceeded to
search, and, on going down stairs, found that the back of the
'adjoining house (untenanted)communicated with the yard of the
one they first entered, And on getting out at the back kitchen
window of the one and in at that of the other, they found a well
fitted up distillery. The still was at work, and contained
about eighty gallons of spirits, the usual apparatus, a quantity
of low wines, &c. all of which seized. It is beyond a-doubt
that the persons who were seen drinking by the officer's were,
Abe proprietors of the still, but as they were not actually
on the premises where it was found, the officers would not
have been authorized in taking them into custody. These
officers have detected within a short space of time about forty
private still 3.