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A Court of Common Cu w o ncil as
.”!tetday
held at Guildhall. . ,
• SPANIait ITNI), AND FRENCH LOAM.
Mr. SAVAGE -begged to call the attention of the Lord itia,yor
to. a.question of .privilege at important in its initutU• as ?;ads..
ever beau brought, forward in , that Court. .:Ora the men of
June,. a ,notion WM Made that the sum of one thousand
pounds should be presented .by the Corporation to the Spanish
Committee. This motion was' carried by a great majority; not..)
however, without considerable opposition from a few, ahoy, with
the Lord Illayor on their ,side, conceived. that they Initta3
the wisdom.with them. • Observation* were made by the few
~ wise men of the Easi" upon the act of Mil Court, to being a
violatio» of the law of nations, inasinia as it wiiattaindlogv-
colliery aid to one Power engaged 10 carrying on a wau)vatit
another which was at amity with this country. This paiserlay(sr;
but on a succeeding day, the Court was surprised to see the Lord
Mayor present a written protest against the priteceding of a for-
mer Court—a circumstance never before heard' of within those
walls. his Lordship informed them, that the Recorder ,differed
in Opinion four the worthy CoMmon Serjeant, uptin the; legality
of their vote. 'Whether that qnestion had been since, deter.
mined, or not, the Court had not heard. in pitting .the.ques.
thin which he was now about to do, he begged to be:wider- .?
stood as-meaning. nothing personal to the Lord :gayer ; outran
entertained feelinp'..ot higher respect towards "his Lordship
than he did; but if newspaper reports,
.were true, ..a• loser '
was new carrying on by persons in-this Notary, to enable
the French Government to prosecute the war agamst avower.
with whom we were et amity, and whose inniutvador was re-
cogrdied at this Court ; and under these eircninstAlites he '
wished to-inquire if his Lordship, in his'plate in Parliarnbut, or
any other Member, had asked his Majesty's Ministers if it was
a violation of the law of nations. to grant sums of: money .to a
Polver at war with another Power withewhoin we were at peace?
Ile (Mr. Savage) was induced to put the question to his Lord-
ship, in consequence
,of the opinion he hatl proriounced,upon
the vote olthis Court, anti the protest he lied presented; al-
though in doing this he relieved his Lordship, was merely act-
ing the cat's paw of others; who did not chose to burn their
own fingers by taking the clieSnut out of the fire. Ile had no-:.
thing further to say, except to repeat his inquiry as to y‘h9ther
or: not his LottlthiP or any ether r,lertiber of Parlitanoßt had
ptit a queatiop on this solueet to his ,Majesty's Ministeis,
The Losan Ma von said that ha really did not see' what the.
question which had been put to. him, had to do with. the subject
of their vote; but ac, perhaps, the Court ww,ltl **Peet that ,he
' should answer it, lie would reply, that lie had ashen no (woo-
den; nor in other way interfered respecting the 'ranch loan,'
HP supposed if anybody lent looney contrary to law, they were
liable to be proitetuted for it; but that,we.a no ;INT or.liia.--.
With' respett to the vote of the Connium Courted, all he aid
was to tusk the e.ourt,. whether or not-it would take the opi-
nion of the law.oftieers upon it, intimating at the same time
that that opinion "Was divided. Ile :did himself entertain are
opinion upon the subject as in individual, and 01 diet in:
had since seen or ,heard confirmed itim in that opinion.--
What he did Alen, he Would do again; he -was the eat's
paw of nobody'; and • he. was surprised at 'the gross Witre-
, presentations which had' been then and *since made, of his
conduct upon . that occasion. lie pie no political opinion
' whatever,•but merely made die atilt Lion he before mention..
ea ; and that. was the whole of whatge he did. Whether that
vote was illegal or not, .leas a 4netition which might orstnight
not be decided hereafter, he could not toll.. Pnr hirntielf,' tie
would say, that 'he had strong, doubts respecting it le ality..
With regard to Foreign Loar*he certainly never did a prove
of them ; but, as Chief Magistrate, he had nothit* to. o with
them. The. Parliament plight pass an Act to prevent them if
it pleased. t ..
' llir.rFavzia. said, that bit worthy Mimi( Mr. N:tlitigfs) heti
taken the aarne view of the sohjeet as MS Lordship ; .and as
inone,y, was said to constitute the sinews of war,: it ,was nottlial.
that he should think money lent as useful in maintaining it, 41,1
money given.—(llearl)
The LGRD .NiAYOlisaid, he had omitted ova-lave, Olat with
regard to the proton., he had molting to do. with it, except to pre,
sent it; and really nothing could be fairer than clic notrour lit
Which he had acted; for be told' the Unlit before it was neii: ~
that it was a protest vainst their profteclingsfoo a former day ;
and in consequence of his having so odd than), the protest aria
not mud. ne Inul therefore aqua to the coitelt possible utattrom
respecting it. • • .
Here.the subject wait dropped. . ~ .
the Report,..„o.! the Finance Om-
or the finances of the
tuilittere*.'F.AAVtfel; lit '').trZigrheritdn,Pthe %Vortity ineriehrt, took t revielF•
toy, which he Alettedho (as brings in sus ls
a vitt, of ornm„,„4" prosperity (as would shortly. mote
._tbp
Corporatatira sq.., accounts with die public, and look Abe
proudest .connections or the country in the fate. .
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The „Report was agreed ts' ' . . • . ..
A Invade for 100 i. to defray the eneitees of a initiniocr ex-
cursion witaluegatived by a-majority or roe r.,.4-1 Ike: ttadt tstood
that. ihii'..Lortt,.ilayor had intiod *tura] Smolt trapsi ticipate
in the pleataire of this eacu,rtion.i

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PARIS PAPERS.

(From the Journal des Wats.]
PARIS, *limy Is.
• • :INTELLIGENCE FROM SPAIN.
iItAD-QUASITERS, MADRID, JtTLY 9.
(By a Special Messenger.)
Mejer-Getteral the Marquess de Marguerye,
commanding the blockade of Santona, has sent
ass account to his Royal Highness, that on the2d
itOtat the garrison of that place made a sortie,
disriskbarking from 5 to 600 men on the point of
!Wile, opposite Colindres. The enemy advanced
in 'three columns, and forced our advanced posts
to retire; but their progress was soon stopped
by two companies of the 35th, and one of the
.21st Line. The engagement became very brisk,
and,the enemy, protected by the fire of the.forts,
Maintained' his position for some time. The
vgaroas attacks of our troops at length corn-
pellsd him to abandon them, and the Spanish
.(4,#neral Valero, having arrived from Laredo
With another company of the 2 I st, and having
.itiiineti)p)ely engaged the left of the enemy, the
latter retreated in the greatest disorder, sncceed-
'ing with difficulty in re-embarking under the fire
of all the batteries of 'the fortress, which fired
grape-shot upon our troops. The enemy's loss
'<e;4 be estimated at about 60 men killed and
womided. e have taken some prisoners on our
side, two men of the 35th were killed, and we
have eight wounded, amongst whom is Lieu-
tenant Archias, of the 21st regiment.
This affair does the greatest honour to the
companies of the 21st and 3/ith regiments, who,
.under a very brisk fire of artillery, fought for
several hours a force almost triple their slumber,
and compelled it to a precipitate retreat lint
Captain Rey, of the 85th, who commanded,
ought to be mentioned as partioulaily distill..
stuithed ; his excellent arrangements cannot be
sufficiently praised: Lieutenant Kessler, Sub-
Lieutenant Seihausen, Serjeant-Major Erny,
Fourrier Eustache,and the fusileers,Troidevaux,
Pierre, Maly, and Nausac, all of the same regi.
tent;-and Captain Renard, Lieut. Archias, Sub.
Lieut. Brette, Sergeant-Major Poussard, Corporal
• Durand, and fusileer, Tourset, all of the 21st,
also gave the greatest proofs of intelligence and
bravery. The Spanish General Vulero animated
th*troops.by his example and his intrepidity.
The affairs in the ,Asturias being terminated,
Lieut.‘General Bourck has commenced his move-
meat upOn Gallci.a. For 'some time his advanced
guard, cutinflanded by M. Laroche Jaquelin, was
at Aslorga. In one of his reconnoissances he
encountered, on the 20th ult., a detachment of
the eneeny, ittlionsonale and 'I on the road
.11"Logo,' off*hich six men were killed, and 'an
°Niter, three soldiers, and ten horses taken. The
Marchal de Logis Denis, of the 7th Chasseurs,
distinguished, himself in this engagement.
General IViorillo:Commander of the Constitu-
tiOnal , troops in Galicia, indignant at the con.
• duct of the Cortes 'towards the King of Spain,
has refused to recognize the gegestcy, which they
.created on departing from Seville. A complete
schism has taken place between him and Quiroga
—the resultis very great hesitation amongst their
troops, which cannot but favour our operations
in Galicia. General Bourke is to arrive at Lugo
to•morroW.

Frlttn the Constilutiorenel.)

PAWS, JULY 15.—The Ministerial Journals
of yesterday gave a few details respecting the
events in Spain, bat they speak much of the re-
ception given at Madrid to Captain General
tififitallo9. He attended 'the present army at
)3aylen, and he knows they say whether it was
the effect of chance or not, because it was in that
quarter he once fought the French, commanded
by General Dupont. Honours have been heaped
upon him by the Prince of Savoy. Carignan and
several. Officers who served with Dupont have,
they add, congratulated Castanos, reminding him
of his former victory.
We can very easily imagine the pride of Ge-
nnrai but we are a little, astonished at
the congratulations which this General has rep
ceived from French. Officers who do not owe him
Say testimonies of esteem. We have not heard
'whether the Spanish Officers of the Faith have
congratulated Marshal Moncey, on the advan-
tages gained by him over their .fellow-country-
men in the first wars of the Revolution.
Tim Editors of the Restaur•udu, a new Jour-

nal ptinted at Madrid, state, that they will be
34 intolerant as the religion which, they profess.
We know not what religion the authors of the
Restaurada profess—it is' certainly not that of
the Gospel. The same writers declare war
against the Journal des Mkt:, which they re.
'proaell with its moderatisrn and its palinodes.
'this quarrel between the Regency Journal of
Madrid and the Treasury Journal of Paris,
se'ords reason to suspect something more serious.

[Prom the Courier Francais.]

P4RIS, Jur.x 15.—The Aioniteur-continues to
maintain in its official part an absolute silence re-
specting our operations in that quarter of Spain
tip( which the public most desire to know the pre.
sent State. Not content with telling its readers
nothing respecting Morino or Gallia*, the Monti.
teur Noes Cot even inform them whether the pro-
clamations which It inserted in its unofficial part
as vent from Madrid, had an authentic character,
or whether the accounts subsequently received
by the Government have confirmed what was
stated hy its private correspondent at Madrid.—
it appears, however, that the Moniteur has re.
ceived intelligence which it considers will satisfy
The iMpatience of its readers. in the unofficial
pert, yesterday (that part which appears to be
consecrated to all that relates to Gallicia) is the
following line :-44 Our troops will be on the
15th inst. before Commie and Ferrol." Who
Can doubt, after this, as to the Monileur's official
knowledge of the determination of Morino, and
of the movements executed by' General nourck,
in consequence of orders sent to him from Madrid.
'The Drapeau Blanc repeated yesterday,
great satisfaction, the professions of faith of
new burnal published at Madrid, under the
tide of the Reilaurador. This profession of
faith is, it is said, that of the decided Royalists
of lbe Peninsuit ; and what appears particularly
to charm the Drapaau Blanc is, that the Editors
declare themsetves intolerant as the faith and the