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at Madrid; this reflection has always been present to our Minds,
and has been the regulator of our proceedings. Were we able
to attack Spain in the month of July ? Could we have done
so without compromising the life of Ferdinand ? Could we
have done so while our Ambassador was .still at Madrid ?
Could we have introduced troops while he resided there ? What
name Could be thundito express such a proceeding ? Louis
• . _—
XVIII., gentlemen, could never 'be guilty of such a step;
and, for myself, lam too honintrable to have advised it. It is
only since the month of NovefiTher that we have had a tolerably
imposing force in the Pyrenees. Its use has been to support
the negotiations, the result of which was to prevent the brothers.
of Ferdinand, the Infants of Spain, from being included in a
criminal proceeding occasioned by the events of the 7th of My,
During the last six Months, the most painful that I have
ever passed, do you know what has been my constant
wish ? It was, to maintain peace. [Bravoes here were heard
on the right centre, and on the leftside.] I 4iped to preserve
it : I still hoped to preserve it even after the Congress of Ve-
rona. Such is the explanation of the note which I addressato
M. de Lagarde, which you may have read in the Moniteur;
but the conduct of the Cabinet of Madrid towards the Minis-
ters of the Continental Powers is a real outrage against their re-
spective Sovereigns. Such an insult cannot be allowed to, pass
with impunity. They must wish to avenge it, and if you will
let me inform you in a few words of our exact position, it is
this—that we must proceed to defend the Spanish. Constitution
on the northern frontier, or must proceed to attack it on the
south. uttack, I will allow, has now become necessary ;
we can expect nothing further front oiir negociations with Spain:
they are broken, anti from this moment war alone can maintain
the safety of our frontiers and preserve our dynasty. If any
one, after this explanation which I have just given, has:still
the wish to accuse me, let hint mount this tribune—l make
room for him." , _

[After a reply front M. Delalot, M. Duvergier de Havranne
introduced his amend Merit with a speech, of which we have in
a former Paper given an extract.]
M. de Villile then rose to reply to M. Duvergier Hatiranne,
and spoke as follows Ido riot intend to deny the advan-
tages which are attached to the preservation of peace. I have
wished to secure these advantages to my country, and for that
purpose I have done every thing• that depended upon me ; 1.
prolonged the negotiations as long as possible; they were at
length broken off, because nothing Useful could result from
them. I fear now that we shall be obliged to appeal to the
valour of our soldiers, .in order to restore to liberty a King of
the blood of our Kings ; to give back a legitimate regime to a
country, whose allionte and friendship are essential to our pro-
sperity. The Spaniards. recognise our friendship for, them ;
they know that our only object is to free them from the yoke of
the factious, and to place them in the happy situation of re-
ceiving from their legitimate King a constitution which is
capable of ensuring to them the enjoyment of true liberty.
We will not present ourselves in Spain as enemies, but a 4
liberators. It is necessary to put an end to the state in which
we are, and which I do not fear to say is worse than war. Who
has produced this state of things ?—(Cries from the left " You
have.") No lit has not been I. It has been the extraordinary
Cartes ; it hits been the factious, who retain King Ferdinand
inscaptivity; it has been the bad conduct of the Cabinet of
Madrid towards that of the Thileries. Would yOu believe that
some French frigates, having presented dieniselves before a
Spanish port, and fired. a salute according to custom, the sa-
lute was scarcely returned ? Would you believe that our Con •
sol at Malaga has been insulted by the populace, without be-
log able to obtain any just reparation ? Finally, it is necessary
to state it, hostilities have been commenced by site ;
they occupy, militarily, the valley of Andorre. Ali the facts
which I have timed are so many motives for inducing you to
vote for the Address which has been read to you by the Pre-
sident"

SPAIN.
MADRID, FEB. .—Lord F. Somerset is still at
Madrid, and has frequent conferences with the
the Ministers. It was reported that M. Arguelles
would be Minister, and lie ,at liberty to choose
his colleagues. It was
,supposed that the influ-
ence of the Cabinet of London had A great share

in this change ; but at present there Is no ap-
pearance that ,it will be effected ; on the con-
trary, the actual Ministry seems to be firmly
established. It is said here that General Bal-1
lasteros, in an interview with the King, told his
Majesty that, in case of an invasion, it was in-
dispensable that he should, Withdraw either to
Cadiz or I3adajos. This proposal is said to have
been ill received by the King. There %re various
reports concerning the motives of the King's
opposition and discontent. —( Courier Francais.)
A report has been in circulation here for some days, that the
Ministers are going to propose to the Cortes to transfer the seat
of Govertnnent to Catliz—(Jonrnal des Dlbats.)

We have received by express the Madrid Pa
pers to the I4th instant, which, though the se-
ries, reckoning from the last arrival, is not com-
plete, will, we believe, enable us to give an ac.
count of every thing interesting that had occur
red after the 7th, to which date the intelligence
we communicated on Monday last reached :

to very interesting account of this sittinghas been received,
but as we have already published two versions of the principal
'speeches, we shall now only give the speeches of the Minister,
on which our readers may confidently rely.]
Aft 4 the attack of MM. Labourdonnaye, Xergorlay, and
Thdalot, M. do rose; the greatest attention was paid
him, and the most profound silence prevailed
have just been reproached, (said lie,) with not having yet
given the explanations which the Chamber impatiently ex-
,pests, and which I 4111 equally impatient to give; but before
I answered the accusations brought against me, I wished
distinctly to hear them ; they have now been preferred by the
first speaker, and supported by a second.' Why, (it is said),
did, you, not, make war in Spain in the month of July last 2'
I will' first answer--' Was the Chamber assembled at that
crisis, and had any of your body called for hoatilitiea ?' Such
a call at that time would have been dangerous and completely
useless. France wan not ready to make war ; we had not
111,000 men on the frOntiers of the Pyrenees ; and even this
small number weredelleient in all theneeessariea for a campaign:
judge, then, Ito* far hostile and impotent demonstrations
would have compromised at Madrid the safety of the King of
Spain. Consider, gentlemen, that it is a Bourbon who reigns

during die first third, instead of being 6,000,000, was only
550,698 reels. He wished the Cortes to call upon the Govan-

meat to collect the supplies which had already been voted.
The Secretary of State for the Finance Department eX-,
iplained that the proposition for collecting arrears of taxes in ,
kind, was made in consequence of the scarcity of specie in the
country, and the wish of the Government to supply the garri.

•
sons and maritime places as speedily as possible with the articles
of produce thus obtained. The Government, he observed, was
aware of the important question raised by the proposal to with.
draw the application of the produce of mines, &c., from public
credit; but it was wartanted by a document of the Committee
of Inspection, which stated that the national property mort-
gaged exceeded the amount of the debt. lie showed that
the observations of Senor Man, on the arrears of the
taxes, were incorrect. The sum that remained due, at the
end of Decembet, of the territorial contributions, for the
first third, was 20 millions ; consequently, 30 miliong had
been collected. On articles of consumption, 10 millions re.:
maincd due, and on houses 3 millions. Ile allowed that there
was much still to collect, but the arrears were by no means
what Senor Adan had, represented them to be. The Govern-

ment had resolved to propose other measures for those to which
the committee had objected; a substitute' would be found in
the collection of the two-thirds of the peniding contributions.
Senors RoMero, 'Oliver, Cai), and some other Deputies, start.,
ed objections to the Report. Senor Oliver thought that a pre-
ferable course would be to establish a maximum and a war
contribution, accompanied by, a rigid economy in every brine:
of the public expenditure.
The debate of the first day was on the general principles
of the report. On the 9th, it was taken into consideration,
article by article. The first article, which authorizes 'the
receiving thearrears of taxes in kind, gave rise to a discus-
sion by the same Deputies, similar to that we have just
described. Among the new speakers was Senor Melendez,
who contended, that specie was not so scarce in Spain as
the Minister and some of the Deputies , imagined. He as-
serted, that there is a sufficient quantity' of Money in Spain,
not only for ordinary circulation, but for mast taining the
independence of the country against foreign invasion,
without looking to foreigners for a
.single maravedi. It was
true, he said, that a great deal of money was concealed, be-
cause, in the commencement of revolutions, timid and dis-
trustful men take that course. The hoards would, how-
ever, come forth ; and as a proof of the truth of this opi.
nion, he referred to the state of the collection of the taxes
immediately after the establishnient of the Constitution which

was then much less than at the present period. Senor Canga
closed the debate on this article by a speech, in which he vindi-
cated the measure on the grounds of justice, policy, and neces-
sity. He said—" It is necessary that we should not deceive
ourselves : war is declared, for we have already seen the van-
guard of the Invaders, composed of the scouts of the Faith;
and it is therefore necessary to adopt every possible measure to

supply the wants of those noble youths who are about to form
the Army. 'No hundred thousand men ure in the course of

being put under arms, and they must be supplied with food,
clothing, and every thing else of which they stand In need. To
accomplish thisobjcot,it la proper that the Government should be
authorized to collectin kind the contributions in arrear ; for the
army requires a-supply of corn, oil, wine, brandy, &c.: and;
moreover, the fortresses tritest be amply provisioned." Tip ar-
ticle was then adopted, Et.l werrr the following articles relative to

the collection of arrears in kind from diocesan juntas, and inhabi.
tants of towns. Some ciliates were 'withdrawn ; and, as to the

measure which was suPPosed to have an injurious effect on

public credit, the Committee reported that the Government had,
In its stead, aeleacleto-be staeleorized to collect, by anticipation,
the contributions for the laseehird of the financial year, pay-
able on the 30th of June. This course the Committee 'recom-
mended to the adoption of the Cortex. After a short debate,
this proposition was agreed tu, and the whole of the report, with
the amendments, adopted.
In the sitting of the 12th a' memorial of exposition was pre.
sented on the part of the Government, and read by one of the
Secretaries. It contained a sketch of the state of public affairs,
as well as a description of the answers returned to the Notes of
the Austrian, Prussian, and Ituleian Cabinets, and a succinct
analysis of the Speech delivered by the King of France on the
opening of the Chambers. This communication is not given in
the Papers we have have received; but in the report of the pro-
ceedings of the Cortes in which it is ment% quid, there is the fol-
lowing brief remark,. which seems to be part of the document :
" From this speech of Louis XVIII. it may be seen, that.
though the hope of peace is not. entirely destroyed, we must
now look at it under the least favourable hypothesis. His MR.
jesty's Government, desiring to avoid every embarrassment in
such critical occurrences, has addressed to the .Cortes this frank
manifesta4on, -in order that, upon considering It, they may
adopt such measures as to them may appear *proper."
'1 communication was referred to a Special Committee,
composed of Senores Oil de la Cuedra, Arguelles, Flores, Cal.
deron, Gonzalez Alonso, de. (Don Cayetarw), Saavedra,
Canga, Serrano, and Maran.
Don Mariano 1~, ea is appointed Minister of Finance.
In conseqtrence of the series of Poen we have received be-
ing imperfect, we can neither contradict nor confirm the Paris
account of Bessieres having offered to capitulate. 'The story in
the Ultra Journals of his having become more formidable is,
however, evidently untrue. lie has abandoned !Nem, after
spiking his artillery, and is gill a fugitive, closely pursued by
the constitutionalite. There is a letter from O'Donnell, dated
ciareinarro, Feb. 8, in which 'he states; that he was waiting
there for the troops sent to reinforce him from Madrid, and for
those w'rich were marching to join hint from the Bth district. In
consequence of the state of the roads, the junction could not be
formed before the 12th. The General states, that lie does not
think it right to attack the insurgents in an intrenched town,
with the houses fortified, as sueli an operation would cause an
unnecessary risk of life,:but that he *ill make the attack it' he
receive express orders to that effect. The force under O'Don.
nel's command at this time was only 2,400 infantry, and 380
cavalry, so that he could net have-surrounded the insurgents in
Mete. It appears that Bessieree took the - opportunity of
escaping before the reinforcements arrived, by which he would
have been surrounded: •

On the Bth, a communication was made to the Cortes of
the taking of Urge!. In the none sitting a report Ives pre-
sented by the United Committees of Fieance and Public Cre-
dit, on the ways and* means proposed by the Government,
for covering the expence of the additional armed force voted
on the fish. The propositions of the Government, which were
submitted in the form of a law project in trine articbs, appear-
ed in Vie, See of Monday last. The report of the Committee
recommended the adoption, with some modificatihne, of the
first:four articles relative to collecting the arrears of 'totes in e_;__________
kind, and the employrr.ent of means for enforcing payment We have been favoured with the following
in money of the taxes due after the first third of the present extracts from a letter from a Gentleman who has recently re-
turned from
iGrlreece, addressed to a Gentleman. of the first re-
financial year. With reespect to the other articles which re- Y this county i—L have travelled in the pests now
lated to the produce of the mines, national property, &c., the made desolate by the sword of the barbarian, and have known
rl3l3latarZyofenthteertsen'eerde;s3 pgirsemon.itUrnya,nanodfllivoseebeaeilski,ndarl)e,
naondmhos-
report regarded these measures as inconsistent with article 335
of the constitution, and injurious to public credit ; it there- and the modest and iLocent feinufes, in families where I visit.
fore recommended that the Cortes should give notice to the eti, are now subjected to the will of the brutal Turks, and
sent as slaves to Constantinople. A merchant in London has
to pay 3501. sterling to rensein his sister. The atrocities which
Government to suggest other ways and means for meeting the
urgent wants of the State. I heard of at Vienna, from the son of a person whom I had visited
at Scio, were such as have been rasrely record ht the pages of
'This Report was the subject of debate on the Bth axed the litstolr. Can we look with indinerence upon}e state of thou-
following day. Senor Aden, who spoke first, objected both to sands of innocent women,, children, and men toe, who are sufer-
lwlealslatlniedhidmorsthat demons in they. form of; rnendeset Inflict?
the Report and the original propositions, ,on the ground that
flexions murder
measures offs more efficacious nature ought to be resorted to.indeed,s I
Ira note
knOtwellpw.
daughters
beforers ha
their e been e
eyese n ra; i l d t
He complained that the Ministers did not adopt the means in to go on with the description. At the inn where I lodged at
n
their power to collect the taxes. it consequence of neglect, the excellent Vienna,
wascircumstances G'e ek' w!);;uitt thelandlorde ar
ahadtoldfomrme ertiliyatbieteenBuit
produce of the territorial taxes for the first third of the financial fered him to stay merely out of compassion, cc he had nothing
year, ending in October, which ought to have been 80 millions, almost ~tul lz,
with ee I,rtionhe.
beenwalishtialrkelinatloanbsoliiitdin room
had not been mere than eight. The, patents, calculated at 28 dered, he Ponly iiiescatpced, bringing with him, tieaas the wreckmur
of his fortune, a bundle wrappeeiscl trei.aa dirtyb sheet, which was
millions, and which for the first third ought to have produced
pyrent:yonwtsi,iewilaciiriiimA.nioltilsiegr, G
more than eight millions, had yielded only 143,000 reels. Of
s
ontlolimll.l„2.la4l,4ritoslneelldedv.tor
grief wax t2aproefoofunactitintf, iE:millt
teorf-
the taxes on articles of consumption, calculated at 100,000,000, consolation or relief by tears ; lie looked upon me with a vacant
which would be more than 33 for the first Third, only 2,000,000
had yet been collected. The suns received for the house-tax • titer, Feb. 21.)
taezie;la matterndvtipeurreucat ,ITisfiPe°rele°nene to

VILLELE says, that 'he was always anxious
to preserve peace,—that he hoped to avoid a •
war, even after the Congress of Verona ;_-but
that the replies of the Spanish Government
to the Notes of three great Continental powers
were so insulting, that they would not but thirst
for vengeance. " They must," said M. DE Vifr
LELE, " wish to avenge it ; and if you will let me
inform you in A few words of our exact position,
it is this, that we must proceed to defend the SPa'
proceedt.:o is hi
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is a mere instrument employed Tor the }WV"
vengeance .of-Russia, Austria,
and Prussia,
tiv)ohsosmi b
itehtehaFtrteuiPlicsolii;ll::Ptiilaiiiaitnterhui (Pn°s:i fa d'ileCtli;el;:ibtla it
be was desirous of remaining at peace ! Can it be
sayt,ra
France,
thatce then,
from the lips of M. tie V I LLELl:l;gillatr2eearreae sorry
. I
blow up'on • some other A Ily Of England, ana
even upon
England herself, qbenever it will
suit the views or gratify the passions of the
England can remain neutral
Foreign Cabinets which are acknowledged,
misaynobereeamsopnlotToeddoubt its realtty
to be her .musters!,
~ is it possible that,
•:'
conflict he
cumstances, in the approaching
impossible
tween France and Spain ? Is it _.
that the duplicity of France, in a Aiiig Pillt
k upon'
sion at Verona to make that attar- j, d
Spain, which it now appears she is ctnnlic'ei
to make, can be
forgotten'
in fact, instructed by the 'Russian Atubas7;
dot at Paris, to make that humiliating aPP
j,
cation, at a time when, according to ll'' aO,
mission of , the President of her Council '.
'el
Ministers, he teas desirous of maintainiq Pea`oo,
berths and
Was it not intended by this artifice to to.
real the real quarterr from which the i'll' ii,
Pli outrage against Spain, and against the
to
trident,
proceed ? The real aggressor, it i 3
not France! It is now time for the English
T. lig
vernment to explain fully their intentians' oi,' i
independence of nations, %list,
is
conflict between France and `!paid is ill...Jr'
table ! ".No advantafte, therefore, call be .1
rived from further reserve on nrt .'
the ill 0,
that his. Lordship's' '
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.ford l'° r
be as full as their object is ittiVrt°t. lufecil
meantime, there have been sever3l unetio'r.-.-ia
disciourei.
to
indications of the disposttion of Gover'itlrcepos.
f the
forward---in
ew ard
number—in t
hteloft e 6
the language of Ministers—in the nool r 'tea
ccareraryseingto
Lions which have for a considerable tin'et ato
the Army Surgeons --in • - for '''' I
.--In the Vote
for . ,
'a 1°
Navy,--and lastly,
r the
portance,—in the publication °•
a Order M
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Council,
dated Whit 1 llthe 21st just' re ths
ela , . -
sir 0"..
the former Order which prohibitell for s
1000
the transportation of arms and arivfltirliti'M 0
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port or place within the. tftnninions
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It appears that the Manifesto of France I
against Spain was the subject of discussion in the
French Council of Ministers on Thursday lao,
and that the opinions of M. de VILLtLE and M.
de CHATEAUDItIAND were so directly opposed to
'each other un this importa►►t document, that at
the breaking up of the Council M. de VILLELE
tendered his resignation, w hich, it is supposed,will
be accepted. To this circumstance is attributed
the sudden fall of the French Rentes from 81f.
50c. to (according to one report) 79f. 15c. All
liar's is occupied with the schism between the new
Minister and the one through whose influence the
former was brought into office; and it is rumoured
that M. de VILLELE'S resignation has been ac-
cepted, and that M. de CHATEAU/M.4.ND wilt be
appointed President of the Council.

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,Notwithstanding the prosecution instituted
against some of the Paris Papers, for having pub-
naked an unauthorized version of the Speech of
M. de VILLELE, in the Secret Committee of the
Chamber of Deputies, which represented that
Miniiter to have admitted that he had stirred up,
and organized an insurrection in the provinces of
Spain, it is very generally believed that there
was some foundation for the representations of
the Journals in question, and it is quite certain,
that, whether admitted by M. de VILLELE or not,
the Spanish Royalists have derived assistance and
encouragement from France. But there► was
another feature in the first reports of M. de
VILLEI.E's Speett, which, though less unpliel-
cipled, was of more alarming importance than his
alleged co-operation with the Spanish Rebels.—
We allude to the further admission of the French
Minister, that France, in determining to attack
Spain, sought danger in the South, in order that she
might escape still greater danger from the North !
It seems to be universally acknowledged that this
part, at least, of M. de VILL'ELL's Speech was 110 t
misrepresented. fu the Report of it, which.is
inserted is our present Paper, and which seems
to have been published by authority, M. de

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alit I V etl 911 LUC J.1...07....5e• •
is to proceed to Maracaibo, to claim the
British property which fell into the hands of
MonALEs. The French brig Constance arrived
on the 19th December, from Havannah, with 240
men, to join the forces of MORALES.
OCCUPATION of the PROVINCE of CORO by GEN.