The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-21 00:00:00

PARIS PAPERS.

(Frarn'the Etabk.)

`RECAPITULATION OF THE EVENTS OF THE

CAMPAIGN.

On the 2.1 a of April, before entering Spain, the
"lake of Angouleme addressed a Proclamation to
the Spaniards, and expressed himself thus:—
Mere follows an extract from the Proclamation, in which
the Duke stated that he came to deliver the King, to restore
the aim and the throne, to rescue the Priests from proscription,
ant that came neither to impose laws on the Spaniards,
net to occlapy the gauntry.]
• Next day, the Sd, in an order of the day ad-
dressed by the Prince to his soldiers, it is stated
It is not the spirit of conquest which induces us
totake up arms. Amore generous motive animates
sir. We are going to replace a King en his throne,
to reconcile his people to him, and to re-establish
hit a country, which is a prey to anarchy that
order. which is necessary to the happiness and the
safety of both states." His Royal highness dos-
oti the address by recommending the most exact
ilistipline, which has every where been religious.
Iy:observed. Such was the commencement of a
war destined to place in so conspicuous a point
-of view French generosity and glory.
On the 6th of April the army was put in mo-
tion, The Bidassoa was passed on the 7th, and
!kis, Royal Highness was received at Iron with
cries of " Live the King !"—" Live the Duke
of Angouleme l"—cries which were the presage
of the sentiments with which the- French were
welcomed throughout all Spain, and the pledge
of the success which on all ppinti has accom-
panied our arms.
O.n the 17th the white flag waved at Vittoria;
on the 22d at Burgot; on the 25th at Saragossa.
'cn the 24th' of May the Prince Generalissimo
.waS received as ,a deliverer in the capital of
:Spain. , • A new proclamation repeated there the
,motives and the promises stated in that of the 2d
of April.
In anticipation of hostilities, the King of Spain,
the. prisoner of the Cortes, was removed with the
itoyal Family to Seville.
The revolution not being terminated at Mad rid,
Ifia army of the centre continued its march.
On the 12th of June the Cortes considering
ltWoiselves no longer safe in Seville, decreed the
.departure of the King, in spite of his refusal,
declared his• dethronement until his arrival in
`Cadiz, and exercised the most odious violence
towards him.
• Cadiz, at the southern extremity of Spain,
.•putmti, impregnable, could not be so regarded by
our soldiers. The Prince Generalissimo was
° 'there and directed them.
Seville received our • troops with acclarnatiou.
'arstnada fell on the 25th of July. Cadiz was
'.lovested,by land and sea.
,Meanwhile other: armies were besieging the
.wittall number of places which still held out, or
•Otarsuingthe enemy wherever resistance might be
Catalonia, Arragon, the kingdoms of Valencia,
of Leon, and ()Wilhelm, have been the theatre of
same of the most brilliant feats, of arms. corunnai
at' the western. extremity of Spain, on the coast
'.dif the octiktA, Surrendered on the 21st of August.
Severai Spaniih Chiefs successively made their
autmlission. Cadiz still remained, and to it' all
eyes were turned.
The fort of the Trocadero, which protected
Gediz on the land side, was carried on the 31st
of August, amidst cries of " Long live the
King 1" and by prodigies of valour.
Santi.Petri, one of the bulwarks of the Isle of
)I,con, was taken on the 20th of September by
the Fleet. Three days previously, Painpeluna,
.the capital of Navarre, fell ; and on the 27th St.
:;:s4lbastiatt and Figueras yielded to the courage
404 the-arriour of our troops.
The Ist of October crowned these high deeds.
The King of Spain, at liberty, repaired with the
Royal Family to the head-quarters of the Duke
of Angouleme, and on the 3d Cadiz surrendered.
fla3s were glorious events precipitated. Thus in
leas than six months all Spain had submitted,

and its King was delivered.
OCT. 2.-111 s Royal Highness the
Unice of Angoulemeorrived here yesterday, and
is"tes tease to-day for Seville.
PARIS', OCT. 18,—We have for some days past
. 'the Spanish Journals, in which is to be found the
letter of Don Antonio Salinas, on which the Li.
beral Journals are much occupied as we have
not found in them a single fact, and only decla.
median, we have Waited in order to learn the en.
tire truth. The Restearador, in which this dis-
patch appeared, repflatod what It said the day
before,. which was, " that there was a revolt
.amongst the troops of Ballasteros."
.To-day we learn that the King has assigned
the torn of. Granada to Ballasteros, to await
there his orders. The disbanding of his troops
lbalebeen ordered, and this measure experiences
The King•beg confirmed General Morillo irc
thecammand which the Regency has conlide'd to
flier.
Tha. ReOlauraifor of the 13th, which .we
Telved this day,'only contains the decrees of the
4togency subsequent to the 26th of May, 1823.
[Pram th 4 Quotidiessel
MADRith Ocr. 12.—The rumours which have been in

ciitillation in this capital respectitig Generals Ballasteros and
140111 e, have been greatly exaggerated. The repugnatili
which the King manifested to receive Ballasteros had at first
given than A show of pmbability : and it was certainly nstural
that Ids Majesty should have preserved a painful remerutorauce
of the violence which that General displayed tower& him to

compel him to proclaim the Constitution of the COrttP. H,
,:light also recollect that the vacillations of Morino, or the day
'of the 7th of July, may possibly have delayed the ttiompli of
the true Royalist cause, and occasioned many calamities. But
it is hoped that the subsequent conduct of those two Military
'Chiefs, will palliate the wrongs with which they may be re-
proisched.—Rallitateros had been advised, it is said, by the
Free if Oenerel Officers, to delay the stag t/hi& he adopted to.
wised* the Ring. The impatience which he felt to manifeet his
repentance, counteracted the favourable impressions to which
his Majesty would have been acoessible, if the interview- had
riot been rather unexpected and forced. It is to be apprehend.
tad that the intelligence received trot Cordova may diminish in ;
the King's mirid the disposition which he would otherwise have
telt to acknowledge the servlest, however late, which hare been
rendered to him.

COBBETT and the TOLL COLLECTORS•

BOW.STlMET.—Yelittilitty Sit RICHARD BIRNIE and G.
R. MxNstrum., Esq. were occupied during the Principal part
of the day in the further hearing of the informations exhibited
against the Toll Collectors of the Kensington Trust, by Mr.
Cobbett, AS to the amount of the tell to be taken In respect of
vehicles of certain denominations.

As the present proceeding involves a question of great im-
portance to the Lessees of the Tolls in the Metropolis and its
environs, the office was crowded to an excess by persons inte-
rested in the decision, and all the avenues leading to the office
were thronged to such a degree, that the officers experiened
considerable difficulty in preserving the means of egress and

ingress.
Mr. Cobbett was attended by Mr. Faithful, of Little Win-
chester-street, as his Solicitor ; and he had also in his train a
numerous assemblage of carters and other persons to substan.
tiate the charges set forth in the informations.
Mr. Levy, the principal Lessee of the Kensington Trust,
was also in attendance; and likewise the lion. Charles Evan
Law, who appeared as the Counsel on behalf of the Lessees.
Mr. Bury attended as Mr. Levy's Solicitor.
The first case was one in which the sum of fourpence half.
penny had been demanded and taken for a one-horse cart, pass.
mg through the Kensington, gate, and for which, as the in-
formation alleged, the sunk of threepence only should have been
taken. • In 'some remark on the evidence, Mr. Cobbett accused
MT. Bury of having told Sir Richard Birnie a falsehood, in
order to get the hearing postponed, by asserting that timely
notice had not been given of the proceeding's against his clients,
when he, Mr. Cobbett, could prove that Mr. Bury knew of the
affair two days previous to the one which he alleged was the
first time he heard of the informs, ions being laid.
A recriminatory conversation. ensued between these two
gentlemen, which Sir IltcHAvem ElitwiE eventually puts stop
to, by observing, that on a former hearing expressions and in-
sinuations had been made use of by both parties, which were
highly improper in a Court of Justice, and forsuffirring which
he took some blame to himself. I must now request (he
continued), and to that effect I addressed myself particularly to 1
Mr. Cobbett and Mr. Levy, that a recurrence of such proceed.
ings does not again take place, for I am sure that a rancorous
colloquy will not assist either party.
Mr. Cobbett.-1 am sure you will do me the justice to say
that I did not begin it first. Mr. Levy called me an Atheist,
and I called him a Jew dog.
Mr. Levy.-1 deny that I said any thing to you before you
meddled with me you attacked me as you have many other
persons, without the least provocation' and have frequently in
the public highway called, me a Jevedog; it was then that I
retaliated, and called you an Atheist, which you profess, and
every one knows you to be. You thought you had got a man
unable to cope with you, but you will find otherwise.
After some other remarks of a eimilar nature, one of the
witnesses was called, who deposed to paying the tolecomplained
; and then Mr. LaW, in a speech of extraordinary
.length,
contended, on the part of the Lessees, that they were Justified
in taking the extra three halfpente on the carts In question;
by proving this, he hoped to remove a very illiberal aspersion
which had been cast upon the Lessees without the least founds.
tion, imputing to them that they were daily extorting money
from the public, which they had no right to do. Ile, however,
hoped that lie should be able to prove, to the satisfaction of
every person present, that. they were clearly and undoubtedly
entitled to the toll they claimed, and that it was under that idea
that they persisted ih claiming it. The amount of the toll had
been settled to be taken 'by the trustees who were empowered
by the Act of Parliament to nominate the amount of tolls to be
taken on their respective trusts. The Act 4 Geo. IV. c. 95,
also sanctioned the 'taking of the increased toll on carriages or
carts with wheel: of atertain description; the carts in question
came under the description given by the Act, and the toll was
therefore legally taken. It would be a matter of excessive in-
justice to the lessees who had purchased the' tolls for an enor.
'moos sum, if the scale of toll% which the trustees had guaran-
teed and authorised them to receive, were on any pretence
whatsoever to be decreased or lessened, a, the lessees had made
the purchase under the idea of receiving tolls on a certain scale,
which, when reduced, would ,become of less value than the
money the lessees had paid for them.
Mt. COI:111E7T said, it would occupy him but a small pinion
of:time to expose the fallacy of the Learned Gentleman's ate
rement, and to chew in what situation the lessees really stood
in respect to the poor men from whom the excessive toll had
been exacted. The Act 3 Geo. IV. c..12(1. seae7, 0,0, 'and 10,
enacted, that tarriages, &e. having wheels of a certain denomi.
• nation should be chargeable with, an increase of tolls via. one-
fourth more than the usual toll, but the 10th see. made an ex.
caption in fetotir of any carriage foe the conveyance of passen.
gets, or light ponds, or articles. Much inconvenience, how.
ever, arose by the" disputes between the toll-collectors and the
drivers of carts, in discriminating what property came tinder
the denomination of light goods or articles ; and to obviate this,
the Act 4 George IV. c. 95. was made. The 19th clause pro-
vided for the taking of an increased toll, to be nominated by
the trustees, on carriages not having their wheel* of a certain
breadth, hut exempted from the payment of such toll any car.
riage drawn by uric hem only, or two oxen. The carts in
question were drawn by one horse only, and the increase of
three halfpence in the amount of the toll was therefore ille-
teally taken. The lessees must have been aware of that, and
they should have reflected, that although the addition to their
profits was very considerable, the sources from whence it was
derived were not easily replenished, as it came from the pocket
of a hard working market gardener, whose subsistence de-
pended on the small profits arising front the sale of his g reds,
urd to whom the payment of I#d each time any of his arts went
to market become a matter of some consideration, as it made
an ine'eette in his expences of about 30s. per week. He (Mr.
Cobbett) had only heard of this practice about six weeks ego,
but he had beets informed thatsit had been continued for a much
longer period, by such manifest injustice to the poorer classes,
who were made to pay, while the Gentleman's chariot or chaise
remained exempt, although if one was chargeable the other was
equally so. He was induced to call upon two of the Toll Col.
lectore at Kensington, and remonstrated with them on their
illegal practices, when at one gate the Toll Collector d. —d
him ,• end at the other he was told togo about his business, and
mind his own concerns. Several respectable tradesmen real.
dent at Kensington wore present, of whom the increased toil
had been demanded, but on their making some objection the
usual toll had been received, and they were allowed to pass ;
he himself had frequently been demanded to pay the fourpence
halfpenny, but he objected; and on telling them that if they
took the money he should take their names, they let him pass.
Mr. lee.w said they thought the carriage contained light
goods.---(;1 continued laugh followed this observation.)
Mr. Colin eer le after two or three other remarks, set down,
' and said he had finished all he wished to say.
Same Gentlemen then asked if a conviction on each of the
informations was intended.
Mr. COUBETT.—Certainly, there is a al. penalty on each.
Mr. Law.—l think a farthing would be quite sufficient.
Mr. ConaLTT.—To pay a lawyer, but it won't do for me.
Mr. LEv y.—lf the decision of the Magistrates should be
against me, I shall appeal to the Sessions.
Mr. Con BET T—l shell be happy to meet you there; but I
with to know how I am to recover the expences I have already
incurred ; anti also the witnesses who have been in attendance
for a week past, one of them having remained in town on pur.
pose to give evidence.
Mr. MirtaitUe.r.—lebink the expences ought to be paid,
and come understanding for that purpose should take place
• between the parties
Mr. LEVY—I am very willing to do whatever the Magis-
trates direct, as to' paying the expences, se I feel assured they
will do justice to all parties.
Sir Bic:Hann Btu rrrE then rose up and said, I have made
reference to various sections of Acts of Parliament this day,
but I do riot find one that calk upon mirror a decision instanter.
I shall therefore defer giving it until to-morrow, and will, in
L the mean time, as the case is of considerable importance, con-
sult with my brother Magistrates,, and on our seriatim delibe.
ration decide accordingly.—The case was accordingly attourned
until this day. •

A Bucks YEOMAN MINUS OF AN EAlt.-A yeo.
man belonging to the Sd regiment of Bucks
Yeomanry Wil4 last week deprived of the greater
part of one of his ears in the following brutal
manner :—A quarrel had previously taken place
bet ween the Yeoman and one of his neighbours,
with whom he accidentally met at the sign of the
Swan, in Newport Pagnel ; and • thinking the
difference between them bud subsided, conde.
scended, by the request of the man, to hold down
his head, to hear, as the Yeoman supposed,
something which the man had to impart by a
whisper, when he seized
.the Yeoman's ear be-
tweet' his teeth, and actually bit off more than
one half. The mutter was investigated before
the Magistrates, but has since, we understand,
been compromised by the parties. (Bucks
Chronicle.)