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London, England, 1823-07-30 00:00:00

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[ Boitouatt, JuLY generataPPearance of the plan-
tations is as bad as well can be, and, as was before stated,ire
likely to be as decisive as that of 1802. The binds are three
weeks later, so that a favourable change of weather may yet
improve the late and backward, while warm weather would
bring to a crisis the more forward ones. The market has much
advanced, biit a great difference exist* on thepart of the sellers.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

.Extracts from the Morning Papers, July 30.

[THE Timts.l
Ireland, we rejoice to say, begins to show
symptoms of returning tranquillity. The outrages
'have been for some weeks perceptibly subsiding.
Oa the other hand, a new and improved practice
has, with the avowed sanction of the Lord Lietl»
tenant, and under the strong and repeated recant.
HlPOlifttiOH of the Judges going Circuit, been
adopted by the County Magistrates, for the ad.
justment of minor differences, and the cognizance
of trifling offences-. The measure we speak of is
the holding of 44 Petty Sessions," where four or
five justices of a particular district assemble and
hear those complaints which had been formerly
brought before a single Magistrate. The benefit
of such a tribunal is two-fold ; for not only are
the partialities of an individual over-ruled by the
present Magistrates, but, what is a point of great
importance in Irelandithe people are more satisfied
of the upright administration of justice. We find,
that in the addresses of three of the Judges to
the Grand Juries, at the Assizes of Antrim,
Cavan, and Tyrone, the Petty Sessions are
earnestly dwelt upon, as powerful instruments of
justice and satisfaction to the people; and the
Magistrates are requested by Mr. Justice Van-
:deleur to hold these meetings once a week. At
the Assizes of Antrim some Orangemen were
found guilty of an act of violence on: two indi-
viduals, and sentenced to a year's imprisonment.
This is, we dare say, truly' described by the
Irish Paper to be a salutary example to the fac.
tious of the north.

paiORNING IikItALD.)
We yester y received the. following letter
from our.Coriespondent•:—

" Lisbon, July

" I returned to this place on board the Royal George steam
packet, after a passage from Cadiz of thirty-four hours, the
wind being strong against usduring the whole time. Ido not
presume to much knowledge of international laW, but I ima.gine it affords little countenance to the French Admiral, who
thought proper, before a blockiule was proclaimed, to fire at
and obstruct the vessel of a friendly power, when entering a
port in a country with which :that power is at peace. , This in-
sult has been to my knowledge twice offered to the British flag,
once in the case of
,the Royal George, bearing .the British
Melia, and another tirne'in the case of the brig Leopold from
Gibraltar, who, in attempting to escape from a French frigate,
'vas fired nu from _a ..French battery on the opposite shore,
which did not even chew colours. As neither of these vessels
was laden with arms, ammunition, nor provisions, there can be:
little..palliation for the attack which was made on them,—The
rends squadron consists of two line-of-battle shipi, three
gates, ' one sloop, one corvette, and twenty-two gun-boats,,
very badly manned.—The French army consists of from 7,500
to 10,090 men, posted between Santa Maria and St. Lucar.
I have heard French officers express great ennui at the war
• -e-the soldiers are principally recruits in most excellent dis-
cipline--.-the French army is concentrating at Seville.—Dis.
lotion. in the Spanish Government, fostered perhaps by
bribery. and not the want of inclination„ on the part of
the soldiers, .has hitherto prevented them. from attacking the
French. A sortie was made from the Isla by 2,000 men,
who destroyed several buildings which obstructed • the fire from
the batteries ; a few French soldiers were met with, who re.
treated. The Spitniarda have fifty gun-boats preparing in the
Arsenal, and say theyy, only wait until their gunners are sufli-
dandy expert to attack the 'French fleet; a skirmish between a
Spanish and a l'reneli gnn-boat took place the other morning ;
the former bad the advantage. Numbers of afriall' craft are
4p.stantly eluding the blockading squadron upon an average
r the three days I have been in Cadiz, thirty have entered
each day. Provisions are in great plenty ; every article, from
the risk there is,in sup plyling it, is much advanced in price,
particularly. bread, which ham advanced 150 per cent. since the
siege. Provisions, principally from Gibraltar, are brought in
I y small fishing-boats, who'run in, either unseen in the night,
or in-shore by day time under the protection of the forts.—
Riego has made several offal to Government, all of which have
been declined: Much indignation is openly expressed by the
reading men of both parties against the policy of the English
Government. The absence of Sir Win, A'Court, who has not
followed the King, is looked upon with a very suspicious
eye—The Government; in their retreat from Seville, lost all
their record'
s; the Icing is minus his baggage. There can be
111) possible excuae, fiir there was a sufficiency of time at their
disposal. • Three, hundred' cannon which were at Seville, might
hive been embarked on board . boats, of which there was an
abundance; but they were either thrown into the river, or left
unapiked in the city—this can scarcely be attributed to any
thing but treachery on the part of the superior officers. The
solders arc animated With the very best feelings for the Canal-
Gion, but are restrained, from some policy on the part of the
overnment. 'Several foreigners Italians, French, Ger-
mans, and English, are waiting in Cadiz: for employment. --
The organization of a. foreign legion. under General Ladle-
mend is talked. of. The English intend joining Sir Ro-
bert Wilson in Galicia. The Cortes 'have passed' a decree,
conferring on him :the rank of MajoiXeneral, with full
powers to ralaa 10,000 men,, and appoint the whole or•his
Officers: 'Moats is anspected of intriguing with the French, and
is to be immediately superseded, with such part of his staff as
may be found guilty of entering into:his views.,—The Spanish
Government luxe reduced the duties on English manufactures
10 per cent.,• and have offered' to Great Britain a carte blanehe
fOr the formation of a commercial treaty.—The King and the
Royal Farrill V' are , confined .1n the ci.devant Custom-house of
Cadiz. : His Majesty is perfectly his own master as far as relates
tb any excursions homey be inclined to make within the walls of
the city ; hut in wishing to impress people with the idea that he
it a prisoner c he has not left the house since his removal--
at About six Abe is always to be sift with his brother on the
roof of the house ;—sometimes he is joined by the other
members of his family. Ott elit that he is actively engaged on a
new petticoat for the Virgin Mary, who is the protectress of
Cadiz' which is likely to outvie all his other performances, both
ire the brilliancy of patterti and neatness of execution. At the
timer had the honour of seeing him he was entertaining him-
self with the equally king-like pursuit of kitc:flying:. !leis said
to take every possible opportunity of annoying his Ministers
in, the most•unmaillymanner ; issuing his commands to them
in the most brutal language, and if lie cannot by this succeed
In making them change their resolution, there is no subter-
fuge, however mean, nr any trick, however dishonourable,
that lie will not resort to in the furtherance of his ends. Cons
opining the committed state in which the whole of the Morn-
hers of the Cortez find theniaelVes, and knowing that their pro-
seription proceeded from the personage they have at their
mercy, it must be confessed by all parties that they have shown
snore moderation than many: other bodies similarly circum-
stanced might have done on a like occasion. Forbearance such
thifs may, bpivever, be eilianated."

istotormo cuttoNtcm)
As we aniicipeted on a former occasion, the
defeat of the French before Corunna will change
the aspect of Affairs in Spain. In the Province
of Cal tit it must have a wonderful effect. The
fT 'cians are naturally • slow. They act from
eliheration ; but when once roused and deter-
mined ; they are perhaps of all the inhabitants
of Spain the«most .firm and steady. Naturally
quiet and peaceable, they had chiefly been
engaged in their domestic pursuits, and the
resources and energies their Province possessed,
bad been totally disorganized end counteracted,
by, the appointment of a traitor to the chief corn-
Mend. In this situation they were when the
Trench suddenly and unexpectedly appeared
among them, no regular plan of defence having
been made. The news of this defeat will now
act as an electric shock, and if the French, Sepa-
rated AS they are from their centre) and•unpro.

vided with any point d'appui, are obliged to re-
treat, the only alternative that appears left to
them, they will have a most brassie* time of it.
. They are nearly 100 leagues froth Madrid) and
will have to return through Galicia, Leon, and
Asturias. There is an army of regulars hanging on
their flank, equal to their own, and, elated with
success, the inhabitanti will join their coun-
,
trymen along the whole of this extended line of
march. How, therefore, General de Boarck will
i get baCk to -Madrid, - remains to be seen. It is
even a question whether the Corunna busineis,
coupled with other circumstances which begin to
develope themselves, , will not materially affect
the position of the Duke. d'Angouleme and the
new Regency in the Spanish capital.--The situa.
lion of the Duke is very precarious. it has been
discovered that under the smiling countenances
which welcomed his entry into Madrid, many
lurking enemies were concealed; and the murder
of a few French stragglers in the town and neigh-
bourhood has tended to confirm this fact. Not.;
standing the silence .of the French Papers, we
have very good reasons for believing, that no Jess
than three conspiracies against the Duke's life
have been discovered or counteracted ; and even
one of the Grandees who signed the famous Ad-
dress has been arrested as being implicatedinot-
withstanding his rank and. privileges, and as he
passed through the streets under the French
escort he was pelted by the Manolas. The fact is)
the acts of the Regency have implicated the French
with the whole population of Spain)and more par-
ticularly where the people have the advantage of
being eye-witnesses. They see that the only object
of those who side with the French has been to
get into power, that they might haVe an oppor-
, tunity to satiate their private vengeance. They
have the evident proofs before their own eyes
that the improvement of the country is out of the.
question. The same is. also' the case in Portugal
at the present moment. It, is evident to every
one, that the late re-action there was arranged'
by the Queen and her party, in direct opposi.
tion to . the King, v horn the former would
gladly set- aside, agreeably to an old pro-
ject, in order that the Queen may be placed
at the head.of a Regency, under the influence of
France. The soldiers are ashamed of the part
they have played, and continually exposed to
the scorn of the people.—They are besides in the
most perfect state of insubordination. The last
letters received from Lisbon Mention, that. the
4th and 12th regiments had actually come to
blows, and, that among them four men were
killed, and 35 wounded. Numbers of persons
are flocking towards Galicia, where it is intefided
to form a Portuguese Constitutional army, under
an experienced leader, and the defeat- of the
French before Corunna will give new life to the